How does one know who lays what???

[bigzio]

My Light Brahmas lay light brown to medium brown, some have dark speckels on them. My hens don't all lay the exact same color, close but different. I only have light Brahma hens, and simply love the magestic ones.

bigzio

 

[digitS']

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Well, ummmm, I've had those before, too. A Light Brahma hen lays a brown egg . . .

Okay, if'n I'd need to pick a speckled egg layer, I'd have chosen the LB or BR. Both of my BR's are inclined that way.

Steve

 

[camjac]

Can it be a very light brown? Like almost a pinkish brown? That's what I found on the floor this morning but it had peck marks in it so I had to throw it out.

 

[bigzio]

Yep, it's possible. Out of my 12 hens, one hen (momma) lays a light brown egg with a pinkish sorta hue. She is also a beautiful specimen.

bigzio

 

[jvls1942]

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Well? what did you find out?

.....jiminwisc.......

 

[kristenm1975]

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Except in some notable cases. I have a silkie x with iridescent turquoise ears.

If she ever lays eggs of that color, I'm going to be rich selling them all.

 

[jvls1942]

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Except in some notable cases. I have a silkie x with iridescent turquoise ears.

If she ever lays eggs of that color, I'm going to be rich selling them all.

I'm curious.. what color eggs does she lay??

 

[The Chicken Lady]

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As in, red-earlobed breeds lay dark-shelled eggs (usually brown) and white-earlobed breeds lay white eggs. I don't know why this is, but it's the most bizarre chicken thing ever.

 

[greyfields]

trap nest

 

[speckledhen]

Barred Hollands have red earlobes and lay white eggs (or they're supposed to; the hatchery ones are substandard in their egg color, for the most part). There are exceptions to the earlobe color rule.