What kind of chickens lay speckled eggs?

[RedheadErin]

We have all kinds of white and brown and tan eggs, and the EE babies are coming next month. All I need are some speckled eggs, jsut for fun.

What kind of hen makes those?

 

[RedheadErin]

busily making a shopping list......

Hubs is going to be SO MAD......

 

[kari_dawn]

It's short for Blue Laced Red Wyandotte. This is what they look like







The speckles that time were kindof a fluke I think...Most of the time, their eggs are solid colored.

 

[Illia]

Welsummers, Marans lay darker speckled eggs. Like cinnamon cookies with chocolate chips or bits.

Most any other brown egg layer will give you a chance of brown eggs with small speckles.


Any Marans, Penedesenca, or Welsummer cross will give guaranteed neat speckled eggs.

 

[kari_dawn]

heck, I have gotten speckled eggs from one of my orpingtons, and my BLRW...but my marans lay pretty speckledy all the time (though mine are just hatchery birds...I hear that breeder quality have much darker egg color).



This egg is either a first marans egg, or another lavender speckled egg from my BLRW Jasmine. I have found that feeding blackberries does this...my other BRLW Candi does not lay speckled eggs. I have found that when Candi gets lots of black berries, the speckles are under the brown, so are not really visible.

My marans girls lay speckled eggs pretty regularly (though some are solid colored). The speckles are usually pretty small though...you can see a couple of speckled eggs in this photo.

 

[RedheadErin]

What is blrw? ANd I love the lavender egg--it really looks like an easter egg!

 

[aghiowa]

Here are some neat ones from my new-to-laying Welsummer.

Angela

 

[Illia]

It's short for Blue Laced Red Wyandotte. This is what they look like







The speckles that time were kindof a fluke I think...Most of the time, their eggs are solid colored.

Actually the first two birds shown are Splash Laced Red

The bottom one is blue, but appears to lack the mahogany gene to make red. Not to pick at details.

 

[The Momma]

MINE look like that too. I have a cross of a welsummer and plymouth rock partridge. I thought when I first got the really dark chocolate eggs to incubate from a local farmer that I would get a Maran. One may be a cross with it as well. I got a dark chocolate egg with even darker spots. I am soooo excited. I'm tempted to hatch some to see what happens.

My littlest hen is laying small eggs and they are so sweet looking. Isn't that a chicken lover for you, precious egg? LOL

I'm new to this and so excited. My hens are coming out with a variety of eggs. All brown so I'm feeling good.

 

[SharkmanDan]

I sometimes forget, that Google Images, can be my friend.

It's a Narragansett Turkey egg, from my turkey hen, who REFUSES, to coop with the turkeys.

Every night, she is in the chicken coop, looking at me, like, "Hey dad, I'm home with the other chickens"! I used to take her out, and put her in the turkey coop. But, it became so regular, that I finally gave up, and just let her stay.

So, I did a Google image search, and found THIS photo, that just confirmed my error. It is a turkey, not a chicken, egg!!!

Woo-Hoo. My first turkey egg!!!!!