Blue Andalusians without a doubt. Cold and heat hardy, prolific white egg layers. The Blue is the standard but hatch percentages are 50% Blue, 25% Black and 25% White or Splash. I have five and they have given, and continue to give in the cold and rain, a Medium to Large white egg every day. A word of caution though. They are a Mediterranean breed and as such can be a bit snooty. The roosters, while absolutely beautiful, can be pretty aggressive.
@christine9 I would be beside myself if I got a welsummer!! I'd love a chocolate egg layer!!! I'm so nervous cause it's just three chicks besides the Ameraucana. I hope I get something neat besides stars lol
Ooo less than a month?! Exciting! I can't speak to the white eggs, we only have the Dorking and she hasn't started laying yet. But I second seeing BLRW! I'm making collages of my breed choices already, okay so I have been making them for months, but I'm zeroing in on choices since the husband has said he wants chicks not pullets and doesn't want a RIR (though I think it would be good to have another everyday layer and solid red would look great with our girls). We are both worried they are not the friendliest but dare we try another Buckeye. I wish Meyer would hatch Amber-Links/Stars, the opposite color combo of the Golden Buffs, I think the cream with red flecks is gorgeous! Do you think they'll have any new breeds?
I love my Ancona, but she is just too meek to fit into a mixed flock, and my Light Brown Leghorn doesn't let me come anywhere near her without freaking out. The Campines seem to be hit and miss, so while mine is funny and cute, others have had flighty ones. If you count Dorkings, though, they would win hands down, but I believe they lay tinted to light brown eggs, so not quite white. But maybe close enough..? 
I sure do love my Dorking gals.
Sorry, I am not a geneticist. I have two blue, two black and one splash which an uninformed person like me might call white.Not quite right--there should be no whites out of BBS breedings unless both of the parents are carrying recessive white.
Pipd I forgot you have a Fayoumi! My husband wants a flock of them one day! But we live in the burbs on a small lot with low fences and a the girls spend most of the day in an enclosed run. The flightiness worries me, but you say yours is easygoing?I must say, I love all my white egg layers, but for pets, I think the Exchequer Leghorns are the best. I only have one, but the others that I have read about have been the same, very sweet and friendly. My Fayoumi would probably be second, as she is pretty easygoing, if a little sassy-mouthed.I love my Ancona, but she is just too meek to fit into a mixed flock, and my Light Brown Leghorn doesn't let me come anywhere near her without freaking out. The Campines seem to be hit and miss, so while mine is funny and cute, others have had flighty ones. If you count Dorkings, though, they would win hands down, but I believe they lay tinted to light brown eggs, so not quite white. But maybe close enough..?
I sure do love my Dorking gals.
No, I wouldn't get another CW but she was a really great layer. 6 a week... not quite a large size by weight but laid no matter what. Just not friendly and pretty mean to the younger girls.I'm not sure why but I'm not a big fan of the Columbian patterning, but then again, I didn't think I liked the looks of EEs or SSs and they are now on my must have list.
Have you guys seen the video of the sneezing chicken?Wait for it, wait for it, adorable!
I just broke my little egg blower yesterday, ordered another yesterday as I need to blow out Morgaine's first three eggs!
I know what you mean about not being able to capture the purple bloom.
First egg at the top, washed and polished, second bottom left unwashed, third, bottom right washed.
Yes, I was one of those with the brown egg laying EE's. I got 4 EE's. 2 laid green and 2 cream colored. But they were/are all fantastic layers. My one brown laying EE died at about 1 yr. old of unknown cause and my other one lays a jumbo creamy colored egg 5-6X a week. Right now she's only laying about 2-3 times a week but they're still huge. So no complaints from me.Also for the gang, I almost hate posting this as everyone else seems to be molting and getting less eggs. WE got 23 eggs yesterday! First day that everyone laid. Doew anyone have an EE that lays brown eggs? I ask because while we had 23 eggs we didn't have 5 blue eggs yesterday, we had 3. So I was thinking 2 of the brown eggs in the nest boxes in am were really from the night before and not everyone laid yesterday, if that makes sense.
Nope. A few of mine are laying lighter brown or green eggs but not a complete change in color.
I have 2 Ex Leghorns but they're only 13 weeks so no eggs yet. One is very friendly and hops on my arm or shoulder but the other is very nervous around me. I do have the 2 Cream Brabanters from Ideal that lay white eggs and I like them a lot. One is very friendly and curious the other not quite as much. They lay about 5X a week and right now they are medium size but may get larger because they're only 6 months old. Oh, and my OE is only 13 weeks old also so can't post egg pics yet but I will as soon as she lays!!
I hope they have some new breeds soon but then again... NO chicks for me this spring. maybe next fall
here is a shot of our eggs and you can see we get a few dark ones, I know they come from our Wellies and possibly a delaware. It is hard to know for sure who lays which egg with 23 girls laying......@christine9 I would be beside myself if I got a welsummer!! I'd love a chocolate egg layer!!! I'm so nervous cause it's just three chicks besides the Ameraucana. I hope I get something neat besides stars lol
