egg color and breed

[Mrs. K]

I have black australoups and silver laced wyandottes. I am getting a light brown egg with a rosy cast, and a dark plain brown egg, which belongs to which breed?

Cause one groups is laying great and the other only soso. I have tried to catch them laying, but I think I have it mixed up.

MrsK

 

[gardendufus]

Well, the Astralorps are reputed to be better layers (200+ brown eggs a year) than the Wyandottes (200). At least in the threads and sites I have read. They both lay brown eggs, some of the sites say the Astralorps are a 'light brown'.

However, use that proverbial grain of salt, because I am a confessed newbie.

 

[ebinion]

I have 2 silver laced wyndottes and the both lay a very light brown egg almost cream color

 

[Mrs. K]

You are not helping girls!

I thought that my Black Australoup were laying best. Then I left one of each breed of hens in two different nest, and went back later, well then, it seemed like the Silver Wyndotte had the light egg, and the bA had a medium brown egg, but not positive cause both hens were gone.

I was thinking that the BA had the light colored egg, and the Wyn had the medium good colored brown egg?

Now I am all confused, I need to reduce the flock because I had too good of luck with my Broody hen, but I want to keep the good layers, and I get considerable more light colored eggs. Here I have been talking sternly to the W's and they must have been laying well all along

Mrs K

 

[TexasChickenUnv]

I agree with the PP: the very light, almost cream colored eggs probably belong to the SLW. The darker ones are likely from the Australorps(we had both breeds up until a heat disaster yesterday).

 

[Mrs. K]

Thank you, I am surprised, the BA look like much better chickens, and my SLW just look rough, but they must be doing all the work, ok, rethinking my cull plan.