Extreme Speckly Egg contest!!! Winner receives 2011 BYC calendar!!!

[Dixiedoodle]

No pictures of speckled eggs but love these...Now show us your ornaments..Please --sorry I don't want to hijack but you can't tell us this and give us no pictures..Maybe start another thread..PLEASE..

 

[Kansaseq]

 

[newlyweds]

Ok I'll play this was the first blue egg with white speckles, laid by my EE Penny (18 weeks), it was a small pullet egg. She has laid solid blueish/green eggs every since.

 

[schatze17]

1) Breed of hen that layed egg - Araucana/RIR pullet
2) Age (or approx. age) of hen at the time the egg was laid - 27 weeks
3) How often these types of eggs are laid by this particular hen - 1st one
4) Size of egg - small/medium

 

[cherylcohen]

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Nice! Do you still have the hens?

Cheryl dear, you're a judge. You're supposed to be impartial.

OOPS I am impartial...i just like them all

 

[Mrsfoote]

Layed by : Marilyn
Age: 1 year
Breed: Welsummer
how often laid: Whenever she lays
Size: Medium/Large

 

[sonew123]

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LOL thats the colored egg Im trying to enter tooo!!!!!

 

[speckledhen]

1) Breed of hen that layed egg Welsummer
2) Age (or approx. age) of hen at the time the egg was laid 25 weeks old
3) How often these types of eggs are laid by this particular hen (i.e., sometimes they lay speckled, sometimes solid - give as many particulars as you know) Most of them were like that from Justine.
4) Size of egg (peewee, small, medium, large, XL, Jumbo?) XL

If you have a picture of the hen that laid the egg, please include it!! Justine is pictured below her egg pic.

 

[Sjisty]

1) Breed of hen that layed egg - Black copper Marans
2) Age (or approx. age) of hen at the time the egg was laid - 1-1/2 years
3) How often these types of eggs are laid by this particular hen (i.e., sometimes they lay speckled, sometimes solid - give as many particulars as you know) - Bucky usually lays these for two days or so after she has stopped laying for a while due to molting, being broody, etc.
4) Size of egg (peewee, small, medium, large, XL, Jumbo?) - Large

 

[superchemicalgirl]

1) Breed of hen that layed egg - Murray McMurray Hatchery Cuckoo Maran
2) Age (or approx. age) of hen at the time the egg was laid - 5 months
3) How often these types of eggs are laid by this particular hen (i.e., sometimes they lay speckled, sometimes solid - give as many particulars as you know) - Her eggs are usually mildly speckled, occasionally a weird one like this pops out
4) Size of egg (peewee, small, medium, large, XL, Jumbo?) - medium

I would love for a cellular phone company to use this in their commercials...

Edited to add what she normally lays (had to go out for egg collection first!):