More eggs than chickens??

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Hi guys,
Lately I've been getting 6 bantam size white eggs. I have 8 adult chickens. 1 is a roo, 3 are standard hens, and 4 are bantams. So that means 4 bantam eggs, not 6.
I have 17 "chicks". They will be 16 weeks Tuesday. I understand that some of them could possibly be laying, but here's the deal:
No red combs or wattles
Vents are not stretched at all.

My breeds are:
Brabanters
Campine
Hamburg
Faverolle
Easter Egger
Silkies

Now, white eggs would rule out the Faverolle.
Silkies are harder to tell on, and I didn't check all their vents, but I thought since they are slow developing anyway, they would lay later.

Thoughts???

 

[lazy gardener]

Hamburg is a white egg layer. And their eggs are on the small size.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Hamburg is a white egg layer. And their eggs are on the small size.

yeah.
im just curious because they dont show any signs of laying.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

@Gray Farms
@drumstick diva
@EggSighted4Life
@Ol Grey Mare

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Maybe you can try the food coloring to the vent thing?

I had 1 Silkie lay around 16 weeks old... but it's probably one of the first 3 on your list. This time of year I could see getting early layers.

 

[Gray Farms]

Silkie or Hamburg would be my guess.

 

[aart]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/who-is-laying-and-who-is-not-butt-check.73309/

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Maybe you can try the food coloring to the vent thing?

I had 1 Silkie lay around 16 weeks old... but it's probably one of the first 3 on your list. This time of year I could see getting early layers.

Yes, I could. Thank you!

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Silkie or Hamburg would be my guess.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/who-is-laying-and-who-is-not-butt-check.73309/

Thing is, chickens are supposed to get red combs and wattles when they're laying' correct?
None of mine have that, so that's why I thought possible silkie, because you can't really tell colors on their combs.
I'm going to check all my Silkie's vents and pelvic bones tonight, I think.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Yes, I could. Thank you!

Tag me if you do and let me know if it really works or it's just one of those stupid hacks that people ignorantly repeat, please?

Also, in the past I would have said "don't use red". I've decided that is an old wives tail... their combs, ear, lobes waddles... are already red. Their vent seems pretty pink as well... but it's covered with feathers.

I think chickens inspect things of many colors (my scabs are usually more brownish than red) and when one gets a chunk out of the scab and discover the blood... they really like the richness of the blood. I don't thin it has anything to do with being red. Also, a friend got an order of chicks that was being shared with others... and the hatchery sent them with big food coloring spots right on their heads to identify the groups that go together... including red.