Heavily speckled/stippled chicken eggs

[grammypam]

I Love speckled eggs! Thinking of getting some wellsummer hatching eggs this yr. They are suppose to lay speckled I hear. These are from my BCM's. I had just used them,so they are cracked but you get the idea.

 

[Rathbone]

I read that welsummer hens will often lay eggs that have a spot pattern particular to them. Don't know if it is true.
I was curious about the particular hue of welsummer as compared to marans. Do any of you have an example of both to show side by side?
I have heard the welsummer color described as rusty - which didn't appeal to me much. Just curious.

 

[homeinspectorman]

I thought it was my imagination, but it seems like every time I feed the girls some red grapes I get spots/speckles on most of the RIR eggs the next day. Will try and do a before and after picture next time I feed any grapes.

 

[Saskia]

My Wellsumer lays beautiful dark, rich redish brown eggs, but no speckles.

 

[ekemily]

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why would you want to wash it off?

 

[cluckin_crazy]

I get one every other week or so from my 3 red sex links. That must be how often they get toner refills.

 

[gamebirdsonly]

These eggs are from my LF welsummers and Bantam welsummers

 

[Wynette]

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Umm...yeah! Get pics so we can have our "speckly egg" fix for the day!

BEAUTIFUL speckly eggies, to the rest of you! love them!

 

[Larkin]

I have some ladies that give me speckles and I wash them off the best I can since I thought it was just blood spots. You're telling me they're just fine, wahoo!

 

[cluckin_crazy]

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Haha! Blood washes off super easy under running water, but once they've been laying a couple weeks, I never see any blood again. Not even when my tiny little Leghorn laid a 3.25 ouncer last week!