1st {Mystery} Egg at 18 weeks, 5 days...

[DragonBearMomma]

Possible mommas: I have 2 Amberlinks, 2 Welsumers and a Delaware. All the same hatch date.

I'm leaning more toward it being one of the Amberlinks. The pigment is too deep for a Delaware from what I've seen at multiple sites online. It's possible it could be one of my Wellies, considering it's a first egg and all.

Guess I'll be spending more time outside in the morning until I can get a bead on who it is.

 

[CKfarm22]

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Possible mommas: I have 2 Amberlinks, 2 Welsumers and a Delaware. All the same hatch date.

I'm leaning more toward it being one of the Amberlinks. The pigment is too deep for a Delaware from what I've seen at multiple sites online. It's possible it could be one of my Wellies, considering it's a first egg and all.

Guess I'll be spending more time outside in the morning until I can get a bead on who it is.

I don’t know how safe it is, but i’ve read on multiple sites to put a little bit of food coloring in the vents of ones you think are laying and see which one it is...

 

[nuthatched]

I don’t know how safe it is, but i’ve read on multiple sites to put a little bit of food coloring in the vents of ones you think are laying and see which one it is...

Some use lipstick. welsummers lay dark eggs don't they?

 

[CKfarm22]

Some use lipstick. welsummers lay dark eggs don't they?

God i would not put lipstick in their vents lol!
edit: it is a new layer so the egg can be lighter

 

[nuthatched]

God i would not put lipstick in their vents lol!

Definitely not something to bring up at parties. I wonder who the desperate weirdo is who thought of that process.

 

[CKfarm22]

Definitely not something to bring up at parties. I wonder who the desperate weirdo is who thought of that process.

“Oh yeah i forgot to tell you guys i put my lipstick in a chickens vent to see which one was laying” LMFAOOO. They probably got some weird looks

 

[aart]

I'm leaning more toward it being one of the Amberlinks.

That would be my guess too. Looks like it might be a double yolker?

Is she the only one who looks and feels like she's ready to lay?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/who-is-laying-and-who-is-not-butt-check.73309/

 

[DragonBearMomma]

That would be my guess too. Looks like it might be a double yolker?

Is she the only one who looks and feels like she's ready to lay?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/who-is-laying-and-who-is-not-butt-check.73309/

I'll try to check at bedtime. Most of my girls, and my cockeral, are of the 'hands off' mentality. My Delaware is my friendliest outside of the coop.

Only one of the Amberlinks has the red face, the other is still pink/dry, but both Welsumers are red, and have been for a couple of weeks now. This is the whole crew taking shelter during an afternoon rain last week.

NONE of them squat, for me nor the unromantic, bumbling fool of a cockeral we ended up with. Good thing he's cute.

We haven't cracked the egg yet, but I'll be sure to get a photo of the innards, too.

How long can their eggs be stored unrefrigerated at 75º room temperature (without washing)?

 

[DragonBearMomma]

Some use lipstick. welsummers lay dark eggs don't they?

I think I'll pass, thanks.

With them being fairly young, it's a possibility that the pigmentation hasn't fully developed yet.

 

[DragonBearMomma]

I don’t know how safe it is, but i’ve read on multiple sites to put a little bit of food coloring in the vents of ones you think are laying and see which one it is...

I'm really not that desperate to know. The Amberlinks have already suffered through a bout of food coloring when they were younger, as they were the exact same color for a while. Now, it's easier to tell, as one has more of the peachy undertones than the other does.