I am getting several colors of eggs who laid what

[TexasSam]

I have several mixes I adopted and I am trying to figure out who is laying what eggs. Your opinions are appreciated .

 

[Lady of McCamley]

Since you have mixed breeds, that makes it pretty hard to say who is laying what.

I can say that several look to be of Cream Legbar mix, the tufted black and the tufted barred. (Birds 4 and 5). One of those laid the green egg as Cream Legbar have the blue shell gene which was mixed with a brown layer to produce darker green. I'd look at the barred bird for that...it might be a Cream Legbar/Cuckoo Marans mix for the purpose of olive eggs.

The top bird looks to be of Polish mix with the larger head tuft, so I would rule that out as your olive egger.

As to the rest, it is nearly impossible to tell with mixed breeds. Generally the tone is midway between the parents...ie if you have a white layer parent and a brown layer parent, the daughter produces eggs about halfway in tone between white and brown...so a light tan. But this doesn't always hold true, and without knowing parentage, you simply can't know the color possibilities.

I suggest you trap nest or some have even put food coloring on the vents to see who is laying what. Choose one color for each bird and watch to see what smears appear.

LofMc

 

[TexasSam]

I thought that all the Greenish eggs were coming from my EE's now I have more green egg layers. I think the red chicken is A rir or A New Hampshire I still have no idea on what the chicken that looks like A crow is. The black legbar has dark legs and the bard legbar has A couple of feathers on her leg. The polish one also has dark legs with purple waddles and comb. Then the other day I got A smaller cream pinkish egg but haven't got another one sense

 

[Ursuline Chick]

I would think the middle egg is your rir. because it looks like the eggs my rirs have laid. Just a thought.

 

[TexasSam]

I would think the middle egg is your rir. because it looks like the eggs my rirs have laid. Just a thought.

I was thinking the same but I haven't identified all of them yet. I just learned today that I have 2 legbars

 

[junebuggena]

The red one has white earlobes, which means she's not a RIR, and she will likely lay white eggs. First bird is a Silkie mix, so expect cream or light brown from her.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

Good catch, junebuggena, I missed that tell tail sign!

 

[TexasSam]

The red one has white earlobes, which means she's not a RIR, and she will likely lay white eggs. First bird is a Silkie mix, so expect cream or light brown from her.

1st I have gotten brownish eggs for A few weeks and cream egg once so I guess the red hen made that. So now I'm guessing who made the brown ones. Now I'm confused the first bird is the smallest one except for the bantam Cochin and she is the youngest probably still to young for eggs. I have read they started laying when there old than the bigger birds so I really don't think it's her. What chicken is red with white lobes?

 

[TexasSam]

Red leghorn?

 

[TexasSam]

Since you have mixed breeds, that makes it pretty hard to say who is laying what.

I can say that several look to be of Cream Legbar mix, the tufted black and the tufted barred. (Birds 4 and 5). One of those laid the green egg as Cream Legbar have the blue shell gene which was mixed with a brown layer to produce darker green. I'd look at the barred bird for that...it might be a Cream Legbar/Cuckoo Marans mix for the purpose of olive eggs.

The top bird looks to be of Polish mix with the larger head tuft, so I would rule that out as your olive egger.

As to the rest, it is nearly impossible to tell with mixed breeds. Generally the tone is midway between the parents...ie if you have a white layer parent and a brown layer parent, the daughter produces eggs about halfway in tone between white and brown...so a light tan. But this doesn't always hold true, and without knowing parentage, you simply can't know the color possibilities.

I suggest you trap nest or some have even put food coloring on the vents to see who is laying what. Choose one color for each bird and watch to see what smears appear.

LofMc

Update the top bird polish mix lays the cream colored egg and the black tuft legbar lays A green egg