How to tell who laid the egg?

[schatze17]

Aside from separating the hens, is there a way to tell who laid an egg when you have a flock of chickens in one coop?

I know you can often tell the egg by the breed of the chicken, but if you have more than one of a particular breed, who's the layer?

 

[buildingmyark]

Good question. I'm intersted in seeing what everyone has to say!

 

[journey11]

I can tell them apart by breed with mine (3 different breeds), but who specifically laid what, I cannot tell without a trap nest. I have to cull my bad layers soon for winter, so I am looking for plans to build one and then I'm going to put leg bands on them (one color bad, one color good) as they come out of the trap nest.

 

[tuesdays chicks]

without seperating them you need to see physically each bird lay, if you have more then 1 bird laying, I have 3 different breeds of pullet (3 birds) and all 3 dance about the nest box, I've seen the other 2 girls sitting with the laying pullet in the nest waiting for her egg to come, shes a very small bird and sometimes it seems to take her all day to lay her tiny egg,but once she does she is so proud of herself.

 

[1_FnkyFrm]

Here is a link about it, hope it helps.. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=389809&p=1

 

[schatze17]

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Thanks for the link, I was searching the forum and not finding anything.

 

[Cosmopolis Chick]

... SPYCAM.


HA HA HA!
Sorry, couldn't help myself.
I am not always sure who is laying which egg either
and I am often left wondering who is on vacation from laying! (get to work girls!)