- Apr 29, 2011
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At least two of my five hens have started laying this week. Yay!
Anyway I'm trying to figure out a.) which two are laying, and b.) if it's more than two.
I have three austrolorps, a buff orpington, and a barred rock. They are all 19 weeks old. I've been getting two small eggs a day. One is very light brown and one is kind of pink. I've looked up pictures of the eggs all three breeds lay, plus I remember what color eggs they hatched out of. I think it is just the barred rock and the buff that are laying. However...how likely is it that I'm getting almost an egg a day from these two right at the start of them laying? Are the first eggs lighter or different in color in anyway? As in, could it be that one of the austrolorps is laying some of these eggs and they are just light because they are the first eggs? For the record, I haven't caught them laying yet but my husband has heard them and he thinks it 'sounds like the same two chickens.'
Not a super important question, I suppose, but I am curious. Also, according to the website of the hatchery (Meyer) that we got the eggs from, the Austrolorps should have been the 'very early' maturing ones, while the other two were only 'moderately early' to mature. Weird.
I have three austrolorps, a buff orpington, and a barred rock. They are all 19 weeks old. I've been getting two small eggs a day. One is very light brown and one is kind of pink. I've looked up pictures of the eggs all three breeds lay, plus I remember what color eggs they hatched out of. I think it is just the barred rock and the buff that are laying. However...how likely is it that I'm getting almost an egg a day from these two right at the start of them laying? Are the first eggs lighter or different in color in anyway? As in, could it be that one of the austrolorps is laying some of these eggs and they are just light because they are the first eggs? For the record, I haven't caught them laying yet but my husband has heard them and he thinks it 'sounds like the same two chickens.'
Not a super important question, I suppose, but I am curious. Also, according to the website of the hatchery (Meyer) that we got the eggs from, the Austrolorps should have been the 'very early' maturing ones, while the other two were only 'moderately early' to mature. Weird.