Lav Orp or Australorp - who laid it? 🔍🥚

[Holdthechicken]

Lavender Orpington hatched 4/20 - 24 weeks old.. slowest of all my birds to mature so far.

Australorp hatched May 23 - 19 weeks matured quickly like my RIRs

Found this tiny brown egg, on the darker side.. next to an egg from on of my RIRs. Both pullets started squatting this week, both have gone from pink to red combs .. I haven’t seen either in a nest box and haven’t gotten a second egg yet .. who is more likely?

 

[Tookie]

I'm thinking it could be the Orpington... but not completely sure. I just think she's more likely because she's older. I could be wrong though.

 

[Holdthechicken]

I'm thinking it could be the Orpington... but not completely sure. I just think she's more likely because she's older. I could be wrong though.

That’s kinda what I was thinking but everything I saw online said lavender Orpington had light eggs so I wasn’t sure where this fell on the spectrum.

 

[Tookie]

That’s kinda what I was thinking but everything I saw online said lavender Orpington had light eggs so I wasn’t sure where this fell on the spectrum.

The egg color would match the Australorp more.

 

[Holdthechicken]

The egg color would match the Australorp more.

I’m sure my husband will be thrilled when I take our house security camera to watch the nest boxes again

 

[Tookie]

I’m sure my husband will be thrilled when I take our house security camera to watch the nest boxes again

Lol! It's the only way you'll find out without actually seeing with your own eyes.

 

[MMerriman3]

Lavender Orpington hatched 4/20 - 24 weeks old.. slowest of all my birds to mature so far.

Australorp hatched May 23 - 19 weeks matured quickly like my RIRs

Found this tiny brown egg, on the darker side.. next to an egg from on of my RIRs. Both pullets started squatting this week, both have gone from pink to red combs .. I haven’t seen either in a nest box and haven’t gotten a second egg yet .. who is more likely?

My buff orpingtons eggs look like the lighter one in the picture. My lavender is too young to lay still and probably won't lay until next spring.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

The small egg may be darker only because it is small. It could even be from the same hen as the larger egg, and have the same amount of pigment, just distributed over a smaller surface, making it more concentrated. IMO, it may be nearly impossible to tell these hens' eggs apart once they start laying normal-size (equal-sized) eggs, since both are basically Orpingtons.

 

[Holdthechicken]

Just updating for anyone that stumbles on this in the future, my Black Australorp lays a lighter pinkish egg (left) and my lavender orp lays a slightly darker egg with tint speckles on it (right). Therefore I believe my lavender orp laid the egg in question from this post! Thanks all for playing who laid it .