Hello! I am looking for help figuring out who is laying these dark speckled eggs! I'm pretty sure it is this black chicken because I know I have a couple of Blue Andelusian hens, 3 Coronation Sussex hens, and a Speckled Sussex hen. Two of my black hens are laying the dark speckled eggs. What...
It turns out they're Coronation Sussex!! It's a new breed that Hoover's hatcheries has. They're I don't know maybe 16 weeks or so now? I lost count but my goodness are they pretty.
They're hanging with the SLW roo.
Is it normal for some to be so much smaller than others? I mean if they are they are.... But they're so small compared to the Jersey Giants I know I have based on the yellow soles.
They came from Hoover's Hatcheries in an assortment, but the chickens I got did not match the assortment I ordered so they could be anything. I am still very pleased with what I got!! 3 Coronation Sussex, 2 Jersey Giants, a Speckled Sussex, a Silver Laced Wyandotte, and these two mystery...
This was 6 years ago today. Midnight is long gone now, and that little girl is now going to be 13 in a few days.
I love this photo, though. ❤
I ended up getting rid of all my chickens about a year later because my flock was completely out of control and it was really stressing my husband...
Oh, I'm so sorry. I had nightmares about this happening to my chicks because my cats are bloodthirsty killers. Hope she's Ok, and I'm so sorry this happened.
Hoover's Hatchery got back to me and told me that I have Coronation Sussex and that they just started breeding them. They will have more next year. I'm so excited that I got three of them! I'm so glad that the mystery has been solved!