Hens go broody when you don’t want them to… and won’t go broody when you do. I have seen a lot of posts lately about what color(s) a breed lays, so I made a chart to put them all together. If you have any pics to add, please submit them in the thread here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=285854
Please PM me or post about any mistakes on the thread and thanks to all who donated pictures!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=285854
| Breed | Egg Color | Pictures |
| Ameraucana | Blue (the brown egg is not an Ameraucana egg) This site: http://www.ameraucana.org/ClubMerchandise.html it has an Ameraucana egg color chart. |
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| Easter Egger | Blue, Green, are common but can come in any color as the last picture shows |
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| Ancona | White, bottom egg in the picture. | 
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| Andalusian | White (2nd carton) | 
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| Araucana | Blue (center egg is the Araucana) | 
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| Aseel | Cream or tinted (Brown egg is the Aseel, white is a store egg) | 
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| Black Australorp | Brown, but mine look pinkish | 
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| Barnevelder | Dark brown | 
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| Brahma | Brown | 
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| Buckeye | Brown | |
| Sicilian Buttercup | White | 
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| Campine | White | 
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| Chantecler | Brown | 
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| Cochin | Light brown/cream | 
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| Cornish | Light brown | 
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| Mille Fleur d'Uccles | Cream or tinted | 
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| Catalanas | Cream or tinted | 
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| Crevecoeurs | White | |
| Cubalaya | Cream or tinted | |
| Delaware | Brown | 
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| Dominique | Brown | 
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| Dorking | Cream or tinted The Dorking egg is on the top left. | 
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| Dutch Bantam | White | 
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| Faverolle | Cream or tinted | 
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| Hamburg | White | 
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| Holland | White | |
| Houdan | White | |
| Japanese Bantam | Cream or tinted | 
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| Java | Brown | 
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| Jersey Giant | Brown (egg on the left is a Jersey Giant egg) | 
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| La Fleche | White | 
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| Lakenvelder | Cream or tinted | 
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| Langshan | Dark brown | 
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| Leghorn | White | 
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| Malay | Light brown | |
| Marans | Dark brown, but hatchery birds' eggs are not always dark. The brown eggs in the top picture are the Marans eggs. The 2nd picture was taken without a flash and the fourth with a flash The third picture is an egg from my CMs, but it is a weird/long shape. | 
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| Minorca | White | 
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| Modern Games | White | 
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| Turken | Light brown | |
| New Hampshire Red | Brown | 
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| Old English Game | Cream or tinted In the second picture the 1st egg is an Appenzeller Spithauben and the 2nd is an Old English Game | 
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| Orpington | Brown | 
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| Phoenix | Cream or tinted | 
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| Polish | White | 
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| Redcap | Tinted | 
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| Rhode Island Red | Brown | 
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| Rosecomb | Cream or tinted | |
| Sebright | White | 
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| Silkie | Cream or tinted | 
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| Sultan | White | 
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| Sumatra | White | 
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| Sussex | Light brown | 
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| Welsummer | Dark brown | 
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| White-Faced Black Spanish | White | 
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| Wyandotte | Brown | 
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| Yokohama | Cream or tinted Yokohama's egg, compared with a normal-sized large-fowl egg and a dollar | 
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| Appenzeller Spithauben | White First Egg is an Appenzeller Spithauben the second is an Old English Game. |
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| Egyptian Fayoumi | Off-white | 
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| Cream Legbar | Blue-green/Olive (egg to the far right is the Cream Legbar) | 
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| Plymouth Rocks | Brown | 
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Red Sex-links (Also known as Red Stars, Golden Comet, and about a million other things) | Brown | 
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| Penedesece | Dark brown | 
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| Icelandic | White | |
| Russian Orloff | Brown with white specks | |
| Cream Brabanter | White | |
| Black Sex-link (also known as Black Stars) | Brown | |
| Shamo | Light brown |
Please PM me or post about any mistakes on the thread and thanks to all who donated pictures!
