Can anyone help? Ladies or gentlemen?

[Cryss]

I ended up with 2 out of my 4 being ladies, so I purchased 2 more pullets who started laying before my original 2. They are Isa Browns and lay the light brown eggs.

Here you say IBs lay the light brown.

I should've explained that the 2 darkest ones are the colours that have been laid all along from the Isa's

Here you say IBs lay the darkest eggs.

The second light one has come since I seen the marans in the boxes.

Marens don't lay pale eggs.

Chickens make a lot of noise for many reasons one of which is egg laying but not the only reason. I've even had mine raise their voice because their flockmate was laying an egg. I have a SLW. She is noisy and lays large medium to dark brown eggs. Seeing a chicken in the nest is a signal that they are thinking about laying an egg but not a guarantee. My BOs are often found sitting in the nest so I leave them to their buisness only to find no egg that day. You were finding darker eggs after the IBs arrived. They are different shades of dark brown, 2 different breeds laid these. Marens lay very dark eggs. SLW lay medium-dark brown eggs. Later you find 2 pale brown eggs, one is small signaling a possibly new layer. You have 2 new chickens of the same breed and would be laying similar colored eggs. New layers can lay any size egg but color is pretty much a given. Shades of brown can lessen at the end of a laying season but that's not what is happening here, these are just starting.

I think your original 2, SLW and Marens, started laying after the IBs arrived giving you 2 shades of dark eggs, and your IBs have started now.

As for you finding white eggs..... I'm not seeing that.

Btw those are some really pretty girls! I love the look of Wyandottes. I also have a Black Copper Marans, might have to get me one of those Cuckoo Marans, yours is so pretty!

 

[Amyjaja]

Here you say IBs lay the light brown.


Here you say IBs lay the darkest eggs.


Marens don't lay pale eggs.

Chickens make a lot of noise for many reasons one of which is egg laying but not the only reason. I've even had mine raise their voice because their flockmate was laying an egg. I have a SLW. She is noisy and lays large medium to dark brown eggs. Seeing a chicken in the nest is a signal that they are thinking about laying an egg but not a guarantee. My BOs are often found sitting in the nest so I leave them to their buisness only to find no egg that day. You were finding darker eggs after the IBs arrived. They are different shades of dark brown, 2 different breeds laid these. Marens lay very dark eggs. SLW lay medium-dark brown eggs. Later you find 2 pale brown eggs, one is small signaling a possibly new layer. You have 2 new chickens of the same breed and would be laying similar colored eggs. New layers can lay any size egg but color is pretty much a given. Shades of brown can lessen at the end of a laying season but that's not what is happening here, these are just starting.

I think your original 2, SLW and Marens, started laying after the IBs arrived giving you 2 shades of dark eggs, and your IBs have started now.

As for you finding white eggs..... I'm not seeing that.

Btw those are some really pretty girls! I love the look of Wyandottes. I also have a Black Copper Marans, might have to get me one of those Cuckoo Marans, yours is so pretty!

So I said light brown to start with as I was saying the later eggs were white, but when you said you couldn't see white I changed my wording haha, sorry. Its hard to type as opposed to talking. The isas were the only 2 laying for over a month, they were definitely laying the "brown" eggs. When I seen the SLW go into the boxes for the first time, I watched and checked, and hers was definitely a "white" (or the lighter colour) egg. It was only Monday that I noticed the maran go into the boxes but I never got a 4th egg that day. Like I said I've googled what coloured eggs they should be, this is why I thought I'd ask on here. Either way, I'm just happy I'm now getting 4 haha
They are beautiful and a friend just had too many so gave them to me. I live in town so don't have room for too many, but am thinking if adding a couple more. I wish I lived on some property so I could go crazy haha.
Thanks again for your help!