I'm betting they are mixed breed. We got them from a local grower that seems to have far more birds and breeds than he can keep up with. I'm certain the Wyandottes are pure breed as we got them from a different grower and he had papers showing when and where they came from. Oh we'll, we won't be...
Thank you for your response. That supports my theory. Now to figure out which one is laying which egg. We have two white chickens that we think are Leghorns, but we aren't sure because we also think they are laying "tan" eggs... go figure. :-)
Just wondering, does one chicken always lay the exact same color egg? In other words, if the chicken is suppose to lay "brown" eggs, will that one particular chicken always lay the same "tone" (light, med, dark) color egg? We have 13 hens and only a few of them are laying. We're trying to...
Well, Jamey and I (Lori) decided we wanted to make use of the coop and run that came with the house we recently moved into. I come from a chicken farming family from years ago (commercially grown, not yard birds), and Jamey's parents had a couple of chickens when he was a child; however...