Light Brahmas all hens right?!

[BudgieKing15]

Would the dark chicken (black australop) be the one to lay the dark eggs?
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Most likely.

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

Those look like Maran eggs.

 

[WallyG74]

Would the dark chicken (black australop) be the one to lay the dark eggs?
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My Black Australorps lay a variety of light brown eggs and one even has a light purple tint to it. I’ve never gotten a dark egg from one. I agree that those dark ones look like they come from a Maran.

 

[BudgieKing15]

My Black Australorps lay a variety of light brown eggs and one even has a light purple tint to it. I’ve never gotten a dark egg from one. I agree that those dark ones look like they come from a Maran.

Yeah I agree.

 

[sunnie7]

so that’s why I’m so confused because I don’t have any Marans!!?! I have some mixed breeds but none are black. So who the heck could be laying these dark eggs?

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

Marans come in many different colors. I wouldn't be surprised if one of them were part Marans. Try swirling food dye on the vents if your hens, and see Wich one lays the egg.

 

[sunnie7]

Well I witnessed her laying the dark egg today....which make sense because a couple days I think I’ve got 2 of the dark eggs and I do have 2 black australorps.

 

[Finnie]

Could they possibly be Midnight Majesty Marans? That’s a hybrid sold by Hoover’s Hatchery. I think other hatcheries call theirs by similar names like Mystic Marans. Maybe they got mixed up with the Australorps.

 

[sunnie7]

Could they possibly be Midnight Majesty Marans? That’s a hybrid sold by Hoover’s Hatchery. I think other hatcheries call theirs by similar names like Mystic Marans. Maybe they got mixed up with the Australorps.

no brown leakage what so ever and no feathered legs.....

 

[Finnie]

no brown leakage what so ever and no feathered legs.....

The Midnight Majesty Marans I had were all black with clean legs. Now, with the breed description they give on the website, you wouldn’t expect that. But there have been several new breeds/hybrids from Czechoslovakia that aren’t turning out exactly as they are described. I don’t think they are telling the whole truth about what goes into them. Anyway, my two didn’t live long enough to lay eggs, but there is a thread for them here on BYC and other people have gotten real dark brown eggs from theirs.