Ok so 2 weeks ago we adopted 4 birds. They are between 4-9 months of age. All are brown egg layers. 1. a red sex link/gold comet 2. a dominique hen 3. a young black sex link pullet ( no red on comb and wattles so not mature yet) 4. a delaware maybe pure maybe mix, we still are not sure of sex. 2 of these birds are laying eggs. One started laying the day after we brought it home, a nice fairly dark brown egg. Today we got our first day of 2 eggs, but the newer egg is very light brown. any thoughts on who was laying what? I am guessing the dom and the sex link, but dont know about delawares. thanks
I have two Delaware hens, and they lay what I consider a mid to slightly darker brown egg. Sort of a "cinnamon" colored egg. My buff orpingtons and barred rocks lay a lighter brown egg than the Delaware, while my production reds lay chocolate brown eggs that are most definitely darker than the Delaware eggs. I don't have any of the other breeds, so I can't help you there.
This link might help https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=4439-egg-color-chart Good luck
