Are different breeds of brown eggs the same color?

[Celticdragonfly]

Do different breeds that lay brown eggs generally have the same color?

Or will I be able to tell the difference between the eggs from my red sex link, and the eggs from my black australorp?

We tried to have the first three chicks look different and lay 3 different egg colors, to make sure we had a clue what was going on with them. But, best laid plans of mice, men, and chickenkeepers oft gang aft a-gley, as they say.

We thought we were getting an easter egger, a red sex link, and a leghorn hybrid. What we thought was a leghorn hybrid is apparently .... something else. A cochin? A brahma? Something with feathery legs. So the chicken math has already won over, and my daughter is keeping her and we picked up a black australorp.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Try again sorry but often it is guessing game but chicken math wins hands down
we have a great egg thread just for bragging or showing off our eggs you are more than welcome to join us there also we post daily about eggs chickens and life
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/how-many-eggs-you-get-today.120083/page-4521

 

[Acre4Me]

Do different breeds that lay brown eggs generally have the same color?

Or will I be able to tell the difference between the eggs from my red sex link, and the eggs from my black australorp?

Within a breed that lays a brown egg you may very well be able to tell them apart as the shades may vary. If you had 10 of the same breed, it would get much harder, as they would be similar enough to be difficult to tell them apart. We had 3 Black Australorps, and one reliably layed a brown egg with a few speckles. The brown was the same shade, but speckled. The other two BA were harder to distinguish.

Between breeds that lay browns eggs, you will likely have an easier time telling them apart. We have various shades of brown (although none beyond medium brown), and one that reliably lays a "shinier" egg. However, there are still slight variations in the coloration that a single chicken lays.

You should get white eggs from your leghorn. You should get brown eggs from your BA, and you should get green/blue/pink eggs from your EE. Once the EE lays an egg, for example green, then they will always lay that color. An EE does have a chance of laying a brown or white egg too - depending on their genetics, but since they are bred to lay a colored egg, that is more likely. But once the EE lays a color - that is the color their eggs will always be.

With any chicken, it is common and expected that the shade may lighten as the laying season ends. For some laying ends for a while only during their molt. For others they stop laying due to molt and due to lack of daily light (winter time). You can minimize this by adding supplemental light in their coop for more eggs in winter, but lighting (artificial or natural) will not stop the molt - so they will take a break then.

 

[chkva]

All chickens have their own distinct color. To our eyes they may be the same, but they're truly not the same.

Sometimes with brown layers even if they're the same breed, they can lay speckled or something unique to them.

 

[Callender Girl]

Not only the color, but the size and shape of the egg can vary and help you ID the producer.

For example, three of my brown-egg layers lay in the same two nest boxes, but my Buff Orpington lays eggs that are slightly larger but are much more pointed than anyone else's.

I like keeping track of how many eggs everyone lays, so until I KNOW what their particular egg looks like, I dash outside every time I hear an egg song so I can identify that girl's eggs.

When I drop off eggs to friends and customers, they are amused, to say the least, that I can pull an egg out of the carton and tell them who made it. (It is possible I just need more hobbies, huh?)

 

[chkva]

Not only the color, but the size and shape of the egg can vary and help you ID the producer.

For example, three of my brown-egg layers lay in the same two nest boxes, but my Buff Orpington lays eggs that are slightly larger but are much more pointed than anyone else's.

I like keeping track of how many eggs everyone lays, so until I KNOW what their particular egg looks like, I dash outside every time I hear an egg song so I can identify that girl's eggs.

When I drop off eggs to friends and customers, they are amused, to say the least, that I can pull an egg out of the carton and tell them who made it. (It is possible I just need more hobbies, huh?)

Everyone thinks it's funny when we can ID the layer with their egg in the carton too. We will even show them pics of the hen if they ask.

All of my layers are different with their shape and color. Usually the layer comes and claims it when I go get them. They want me to tell them what a good egg it is. If it's a shell less one or wonky one, they do not come because they know it's not a good egg