I have brown egg laying chickens but found white cream eggs in pen.

[MFranklin]

my chickens are 6 months old. they are a cross of cochin, brahama, ,maran. I have a pure chichin that's laying brown eggs but I think my younger ones are laying. my husband says they are duck eggs I'm not for sure.

 

[MFranklin]

This is a picture of my eggs. The darker one is the pure Cochin egg

 

[lazy gardener]

You're not being very clear. Do you have a question? Do you have ducks?

 

[MFranklin]

Yes we have ducks. My husband thinks they are ducks eggs. I think they are chicken eggs. i didn't know if new brown egg layers lay light cream eggs as their first eggs.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

It is more than a simple matter to find white egg laying hens in a flock. The white egg layers (as opposed to bone or cheam egg layers) will all have white ear lobes.

Check out this brown leghorn who only lays white shelled eggs. Do you see her ear lobes dangling from her ear hole?

 

[MFranklin]

None of my hens look like that or have Whitehead lobes

 

[MFranklin]

White ear lobes sorry lol

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Not all hens have ear lobes that big but all white shell laying hens have white earlobes. So your husband is correct, you're looking at a duck egg.

Egg color only decreases or fades as the hen advances through her laying cycle

 

[lazy gardener]

Yes we have ducks. My husband thinks they are ducks eggs. I think they are chicken eggs. i didn't know if new brown egg layers lay light cream eggs as their first eggs.

New brown egg layers are more likely to lay a darker egg that will fade in color a bit as she progresses through her first laying cycle. Duck eggs have a much more viscous albumen. And, IIRC, their shell is a bit more "waxy' feeling. Enjoy.

It is more than a simple matter to find white egg laying hens in a flock. The white egg layers (as opposed to bone or cheam egg layers) will all have white ear lobes.View attachment 1125064
Check out this brown leghorn who only lays white shelled eggs. Do you see her ear lobes dangling from her ear hole?

Not all hens have ear lobes that big but all white shell laying hens have white earlobes. So your husband is correct, you're looking at a duck egg.

Egg color only decreases or fades as the hen advances through her laying cycle

True, that!

While that may be mostly true, it's not 100% true. I have some white ear lobed chickens who are grand daughters of white egg laying/white earlobed RCBL. The white earlobe has persisted through 2 generations. Those gals lay a buff or blue green colored egg. Duck eggs have a much more viscous albumen. Enjoy.