Identifying eggs

[Saya]

I ordered a surprise dozen of hatching eggs. I will post pictures of the eggs and the list of breed that could be there. Can someone help figure out what breeds I have in which eggs? Thanks.

 

[Lady of McCamley]

It will be impossible to tell by the egg color precisely, however, certain breeds do lay typically within shade ranges.

The dark brown/terracotta egg will be either Welsummer or Marans. (Hatchery Marans rarely lay the really dark Marans color...they are closer to the Welsummer range).

The mid-tone eggs are typically from Rocks or RIR.

The lighter range eggs are typically from Orpington and Wyandotte.

Anything with blue tone will have to be olive egger or easter egger. The truer darker blues will be likely closer to the Ameraucana/Araucana lines or line bred EE's. The green and olive colors will have a brown layer line interspersed...the darker the green the more assured you are that a Marans or Welsummer or Barnevelder was used closely back as the darker brown wash tends to breed out more quickly (you have to consistently refresh your olive eggers with brown infusion).

Below is a photo of typical egg colors from different breeds.

But remember, those are "typical" and every bird is always an individual. Variations definitely occur between lines.

 

[Saya]

It will be impossible to tell by the egg color precisely, however, certain breeds do lay typically within shade ranges.

The dark brown/terracotta egg will be either Welsummer or Marans. (Hatchery Marans rarely lay the really dark Marans color...they are closer to the Welsummer range).

The mid-tone eggs are typically from Rocks or RIR.

The lighter range eggs are typically from Orpington and Wyandotte.

Anything with blue tone will have to be olive egger or easter egger. The truer darker blues will be likely closer to the Ameraucana/Araucana lines or line bred EE's. The green and olive colors will have a brown layer line interspersed...the darker the green the more assured you are that a Marans or Welsummer or Barnevelder was used closely back as the darker brown wash tends to breed out more quickly (you have to consistently refresh your olive eggers with brown infusion).

Below is a photo of typical egg colors from different breeds.

But remember, those are "typical" and every bird is always an individual. Variations definitely occur between lines.

Thanks. I will just have to wait to see what chicks hatch out of what eggs.