Egg color

[Driftwood Coop]

I've got 5 different varieties of chickens, and one (or more) is laying a very light brown egg. I suspect it's a wyandotte. Anyone know if wyandotte eggs are that color?

 

[katrinag]

What kinds of other chickens do you have?

 

[miss_jayne]

here is a handy dandy chart for all sorts of chicken info!

http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html

the chart states, "light to rich brown" for egg tint/color produced by Wyandottes.

 

[Cats Critters]

here is a handy dandy chart for all sorts of chicken info!

http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html

the chart states, "light to rich brown" for egg tint/color produced by Wyandottes

Or you can check out my chart

: https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=4439-egg-color-chart (can you tell I want people to see it

)​

 

[katrinag]

Quote:
Or you can check out my chart

: https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=4439-egg-color-chart (can you tell I want people to see it

)

What would be even better(i know it would be hard) would to have real pics of the eggs.

 

[katrinag]

double post.

 

[Driftwood Coop]

Thanks! Great info. I'm thinking the only way to know is to catch her "in the act!"
The other breeds are Polish, light brown leghorn, Rhode Island red and Barred Rock.

 

[katrinag]

My RIR since it has been cold and the end of her laying cycle lays a soft brown egg.

 

[jossanne]

My wyandotte lays a lighter brown egg than the two BR's and the australorp. Sometimes she even paints hers with speckles. They're lovely!

 

[al6517]

I have all brown egg layers 65 in all, and I get all sorts of shades of brown, light, dark, really pale biege, some have neat little speckled spots. I think this is normal and just part of having non comercial laying hens, I think it is cool and my customers are tickled to death to see this.

AL