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Quote: I love it!

I think I finally figured out the difference between my Silkies and d'Uccles: My Silkies lay a light cream colored egg with a faint shiny sheen on it. The d'Uccles' eggs are a shade darker with a matte finish. I got 10 eggs today! That's a personal record for me!

Quote: Almost forgot - go Pooh! Why is Pooh in with the Banties? Is she a banty EE?

I have 6 EEs and it seems that I've had about 30 variations of blue/green eggs varying in size and shape. I've had some double-pointy-ended eggs and some as round as a golf ball and few double-yolkers. I thought about trap nests, but I could see me forgetting to let the girls out and them...

Anne, you're too much! Okay, next I suggest that you take each egg, blow it out and mount it in the kitchen with the hens' name under it. Then when you get a mystery egg, you'll have a whole line of eggs to compare it to! Of course, you may have to have multiple entries for each chicken...

I suggest you take some time off of your job and set up a blind (like a deer blind) with a good view of the nesting boxes (some binoculars might help) and watch them over a period of several days to see who goes in what nest box. After they leave, you immediately run over and snatch the egg...

I'm going with the "messing with your head" theory Ungrateful little wretches! I can't wait to see what the Welsummer eggs look like!