Egg Color??? Pics

[Julie08]

oh well it is certainly possible. Most people say pick the best eggs for hatching the ones that have the most normal size and shape you can find. However, if there is room in the bator for all of them then I would put all of them in.

 

[smarsh]

officially, some chcikens lay what is called "tinted"; number 2 falls into this category. Number 3 would fall into the unofficial category of "cherry"

 

[rancher hicks]

Well first of all, I don't care what the experts say #3 is peach. If it looks peach then it's peach! I have a Del who lays "pink". When my customers see it they call "Pink" and they know what they're talking about. Truthfully there are only two true egg colors. Blue and White or is it Brown?
That said don't put #2 in the incubator.

According too the experts and I quote: "The eggs you choose for incubation should aways be the best-shaped you have, simply don't bother with round or elongated examples. Shell quality should be good too; avoid those showing roughness, cracking or any other surface imperfections. Date hatching eggs using a soft pencil to write on the shell as you collect them." Practical Poultry March 2010.

All the best
Rancher

 

[marymac]

Numer 2 looks like the eggs my silky lay.

 

[Julie08]

so even if you have room in the bator you shouldnt just pitch it in???

 

[chkinut]

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that's what i was gonna say.....i've got some showgirl eggs in the bator and they are the color of #2.....tinted.....and showgirls are just like silkies except naked necked....

 

[ChickenSal]

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Well aren't Polish supose to lay white eggs??? egg number 2 just does not look brown at to me? In person it is the color of antique lace??? Am I wrong? I did not use flash on the pic so they are the true colors with not being lighter from flash. If anything it might be a little darker in the pic... Here is another pic.
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd304/jordanfamilykennels/000_5919.jpg

I think the #2 egg looks very much like my sebright eggs, Peach and pointy! I'll try to get a picture but I have to use my phone camera.

 

[ChickenSal]

Sorry I just couldn't get a good picture.

 

[rancher hicks]

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Certainly the choice is yours. Whether it will hatch I can't say. I'm no expert. Give it a try if you like, just remember you have to let us know what happens.

 

[Akane]

Anything not pure white is technically brown unless it has the blue gene and then it's either blue or a shade of green which corresponds to the shade of brown it would have been. You can give them all the names you want but the color comes from a brown gene and there are lots of them to make all the different shades from pink to reddish to chocolate. A lot of breeds have a weak brown gene or 2 in them so they don't lay the pure white you see in stores but they still get classified as white egg layers by a lot of people and websites. Some breeds where egg color was completely ignored can lay quite a range of tinted eggs. I get pinks to light brown from my japanese bantams and seramas. My sebrights are in with the seramas so I don't exactly which tint they are laying. Only my bantam EE lay either pure white or blue depending if they got the gene for blue. They were created from breeds that don't have any brown genes.