Did one of my pullets lay their first egg?

[Gossie]

I think one of my 18 week old brown egg laying pullets layed their first egg today. It was darker than any other egg I've ever seen and it was in a nesting box none of my older hens have ever used before. Do you think one of my pullets layed an egg.



The egg old the left is the new egg. The egg in the middle is either a Buff Orpington, BLRW, or Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock egg. The egg on the right is from my black ameraucana.

 

[GitaBooks]

Lovely eggs!

Yep, I would guess it is a new hen! I hear eggs get darker at the end of the year, however, but 18 weeks is when a lot of hens start laying.

Congrats!

 

[trailrider330]

Yay! What breed of pullet do you think laid the egg?

 

[Gossie]

Thank you for the quick response! I was thinking it may have been my red sex link, Tempura, who has been squatting for a couple of days.

 

[aart]

Eggs can get a lighter colored coating towards the end of the laying cycle, the cycle being loosely spring to fall.

The brown egg in the OP's pic could well be from an 18wo RSL.....
.....they can lay a fairly dark brown and larger eggs, that might be a double yolker if the other 2 eggs show are from older layers.

 

[Gossie]

It was a double yolker! It is the 2 smaller yolks at the bottom of the picture.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

Huh your egg yolks arent as orange as ours mm but thats awsome