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

[Happy Chooks]

Wow, lots of great entries! Keep 'em coming!

 

[alicefelldown]

I sold all the nice spotted ones last night.. these are the leftovers. More to come later..

Breed: 4 different Olive Eggers / 1 Pure BCM
How Old: 8-9 months old
How often these types of eggs are laid: Green/Teal = 5-6 days a week per bird. Crummy BCM = 3-4 days a week per bird
Size: Medium for now, getting bigger every week.

 

[cackleberrycoop]

ARE YOU SERIOUS???? Alicefelldown, those exquisite! What is the parentage of those olive egg hens?

 

[Mahonri]

I've got to get a sim card for my camera so I can show you my speckled eggs laid by my FBCMs and GCMs.

 

[Rozzie]

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Well darn. One of us quail owners would have won for sure.

 

[Cats Critters]

1) Breed of hen that layed egg - I think it was one of my EE crosses
2) Age (or approx. age) of hen at the time the egg was laid - about 6-7 months
3) How often these types of eggs are laid by this particular hen- not often
4) Size of egg (peewee, small, medium, large, XL, Jumbo?) - medium

1) Breed of hen that layed egg - I think it was one of my EE crosses or a BR cross
2) Age (or approx. age) of hen at the time the egg was laid - about 20wks
3) How often these types of eggs are laid by this particular hen- not often
4) Size of egg (peewee, small, medium, large, XL, Jumbo?) - peewee

1) Breed of hen that layed egg - I think it was one of my BA hens or possible RIR or BR.
2) Age (or approx. age) of hen at the time the egg was laid - about 2 years
3) How often these types of eggs are laid by this particular hen- not often
4) Size of egg (peewee, small, medium, large, XL, Jumbo?) -medium or large

1) Breed of hen that layed egg - either a BA, RIR, or BR.
2) Age (or approx. age) of hen at the time the egg was laid - about 2 years
3) How often these types of eggs are laid by this particular hen- not often
4) Size of egg (peewee, small, medium, large, XL, Jumbo?) -medium or large

 

[Schultz]

Hey Wynette,
Great contest idea! Count us in.

1) Breed of hen that layed egg - Penedesenca/Maran Mix
2) Age (or approx. age) of hen at the time the egg was laid - approx. 11 months 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) - This is the only egg I have gotten like this. Normally they are a rich chocolate brown

4) Size of egg (peewee, small, medium, large, XL, Jumbo?) - Large

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[cackleberrycoop]

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Oh, a Penedesenca!! I've had to hold myself back from trying to bring some of those home, because it sounds like they may not fare well in our winters, but they are so tempting! What do you think of yours? How hardy are they? That egg is a delight!

 

[Schultz]

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Oh, a Penedesenca!! I've had to hold myself back from trying to bring some of those home, because it sounds like they may not fare well in our winters, but they are so tempting! What do you think of yours? How hardy are they? That egg is a delight!

Thank you! We have a pair of hens we hatched from a friend of ours. The girls have been tough to train (make friendly) but they are such sweeties now. Their names are Thelma and Louise, if that tells you anything. For us, they lay consistantly. They actually started laying at 4 months old and one has tried to be broody several times. We also hatched 4 males who ended up in freezer camp. We originally kept one but he was too agressive with the Buff Orpingtons so he made it to camp too. As for cold hearty, they have yet to see winter but our friend Terry has been breeding them for many years and has never had a problem in cold temps.

 

[sonew123]

WOW after Alicefelldown posted Im afraid to post mine haha those are gorgeous!!

This is the only photo I have right now as I used the eggs for xmas decorations

Breed: Olive Egger
how old: 8 months old
How often these types of eggs are laid: 3-4x a week
size:large
Good luck everyone!