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  1. ontheridge

    Help a newbie identify who lays what?

    Thanks for all the thoughts! Here's another photo -- I was hoping it would show that some of the lightest eggs look a bit pink/tan, while others are a more brown/tan. In this photo I'm referring to the bottom middle and bottom right (they are also very different sizes, pink being very large). If...
  2. ontheridge

    Help a newbie identify who lays what?

    I totally forgot to mention/ask... some of the "light" eggs have a pinkish hue, vs more of a straight brown/tan. (It's a very subtle difference.) If Cruella is a Black Sex Link and she is laying all of the light eggs, would they very in color like this from day to day? Or is this a clue that the...
  3. ontheridge

    Help a newbie identify who lays what?

    I guess that's a key point, are my three Marans REALLY Marans? If they are, in fact, Barred Rocks then they'd be laying the light eggs and Cruella could be laying the medium, leaving the specked darks as the Welsummers. Geesh, I'm confused. We got the chicks at our local co-op and were told we...
  4. ontheridge

    Help a newbie identify who lays what?

    Wow, Black Sex Link? That's the first anyone's mentioned that -- the other thread I was posting on just kept saying "mutt." It sounds like regardless of whether the Welsummers or the Marans are laying the speckled ones, both would lay very dark eggs, leaving all those light ones to my potential...
  5. ontheridge

    Help a newbie identify who lays what?

    Hello! I have my first ever little flock of 6 chickens. I got them in early summer and they just started laying a couple of weeks ago. So far, I'm getting about 3 eggs a day, colors being either very dark brown & speckled, a more medium brown, or a lighter 'tan'ish color (the three colors are in...
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