Could these 3 eggs be from the same bird?

[Amber Lu]

I have 5 hens who are at laying age. I know my EE and Colorpack are laying.
I also have a Lavender Orpington, Welsummer, and Black Copper Marans. They are all 5.5 months old hatched within a few days of each other.

I thought my Welsummer had started laying-- I got one speckled egg, then another a day later (the middle one), and then nothing for 5 days. I went out today and found the egg that is farthest to the left. It is darker and a different color, so I thought it was the BCM. But when I line the 3 eggs up, they are all kind of different.

Do I have a 4th (or 5th?)layer, or is it possible that all three eggs came from the same hen?

I mostly want to know because the rooster and the Welsummer girl won't let me catch her to check to see if she is maybe egg bound. She is eating well, and not walking funny.

 

[sourland]

Judging by the shape and color differences, I'm going to guess that they were laid by 3 different birds.

 

[Mrs. K]

Any bird you can’t catch is not egg bound. Eating well, moving well pretty much equals feeling fine.

Maybe the first two eggs, same bird, but I too am leaning to three different birds laying. How often are you gathering eggs?

 

[Mrs. K]

I don’t think any of those are the BO eggs, they tend to have a pink cast to the brown.

 

[Amber Lu]

Any bird you can’t catch is not egg bound. Eating well, moving well pretty much equals feeling fine.

Maybe the first two eggs, same bird, but I too am leaning to three different birds laying. How often are you gathering eggs?

I am gathering eggs every day. I search the coop and run, as the EE lays everywhere except the nest box.
I had egg #1 on 1/25, and egg #2 on 1/26, and then no brown egg until today (1/31). I have 5 hens total. The two I know are laying lay green & blue.

 

[Amber Lu]

I don’t think any of those are the BO eggs, they tend to have a pink cast to the brown.

I was kind of thinking that they weren't the Orpington's eggs, but the middle one is just different enough from the other two, that I am not sure.

 

[Amber Lu]

Update:
I am pretty sure I just saw my BCM getting ready to lay (hanging out in the box and scratching around), and I have gotten one more dark colored egg yesterday.

I haven't gotten any more light colored eggs-- the last one was on 1/27-- so I am still not sure who laid the first two, but if it was the WS or LO, they haven't given me any more, or they are really freaking good at hiding them because I can't find them in the run or the coop.

 

[Rebechenson75]

I have 5 hens who are at laying age. I know my EE and Colorpack are laying.
I also have a Lavender Orpington, Welsummer, and Black Copper Marans. They are all 5.5 months old hatched within a few days of each other.

I thought my Welsummer had started laying-- I got one speckled egg, then another a day later (the middle one), and then nothing for 5 days. I went out today and found the egg that is farthest to the left. It is darker and a different color, so I thought it was the BCM. But when I line the 3 eggs up, they are all kind of different.

Do I have a 4th (or 5th?)layer, or is it possible that all three eggs came from the same hen?

I mostly want to know because the rooster and the Welsummer girl won't let me catch her to check to see if she is maybe egg bound. She is eating well, and not walking funny.

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The first two look similar enough that it could be the same bird. The darker one looks like it could be a Marans egg. This is my slightly educated guess.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

the EE lays everywhere except the nest box.

Do you have fake eggs or golf balls in the nests to encourage egg laying in the nests? If that's not working, sometimes it helps to "reset" the hens to lay in the nests by confining them to the coop for several days or up to a week (or more, if necessary) until they lay in the nests. Some of my EE were notorious "outlayers" and every year I'd have to do this to remind them of their responsibilities. (Fortunately my Sheltie was pretty good at finding the hidden nests.)