My Barred Rock is laying white eggs...

[cheeka]

my BR's lay cream colored eggs, very similar to yours. they are def not white, especially when compared to a white egg, the light tinted eggs are very pretty when in a mixed basket, they can even take on a pinkish hue. the first pic is one from each of my girls, the darker brown are RIR, the cream are BR, the greens are EE

even the green-blue egg looks seriously bluer when mixed in a basket of colors, my one EE seems to be having bloom coating inconsistencies, but still very pretty

 

[Frybaby]

My Barred Rocks ( which I love dearly) when they first started laying their eggs were very light. If the eggs are truly white the mother might have been a white Barred Rock and the father could have been say a Barred Rock then the hen will lay a white eggs. I have just the combo at my ranch, Welcome!!!!!!.

 

[aoxa]

My Barred Rocks ( which I love dearly) when they first started laying their eggs were very light. If  the eggs are truly white the mother might have been a white Barred Rock and the father could have been say a Barred Rock then the hen will lay a white eggs. I have just the combo at my ranch, Welcome!!!!!!.

No such thing as white barred rocks. Are you thinking White Rocks?

And White Rocks lay brown eggs. All Plymouth Rocks do

 

[bockflock]

I was given a hen that the previous owner called a barred rock, but she has shorter legs than the others, her bars are lighter, and her eggs are truly white. Could it be she is a different breed, or just a mix?

 

[frick01]

This is interesting. I've gotten my first three eggs. I know that one Rhode Island Red is laying. The other might be a Barred Rock. I have two RRs and two BBs. Anyway, the first egg was spotted brown. Two days later I had two eggs together, and one was WHITE. I had the same question, so it must be one of the Barred Rocks. The coloring answer is interesting. I will wait to see what's happening.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION. I have set up several nests, including one I bought from Miller which is very fancy. However, the girls are laying in their sleeping quarter which is a small box with a hole. It was used when the girls were little. I can't seem to convince them to move to bigger quarters. They seem to feel this is the safest place. It is situated in the darkest area of my shelter which is a hutch that is surrounded by a large run. I began expanding the hutch and added two boxes, but the hens haven't approached either. Four hens laying and sleeping on one box. YIKES!

I will send pictures of my first eggs as soon as I figure out how to transfer pix from my new mobile to this site. The hens are all approximately 21 weeks old. It is exciting to see them laying.

 

[Berzmail]

Our Barred Plymouth Rock laid her first egg today and its pink!

 

[CHlCKEN]

Our Barred Plymouth Rock laid her first egg today and its pink!

Let’s see pictures of the bird

 

[McHomestead]

Our Barred Plymouth Rock laid her first egg today and its pink!

One of mine did too! So pretty! She also has light colored ears and I've heard there's a correlation between ears and egg color sometimes. I half expected her to have lighter eggs. She is also smaller than Mt other barred rock. I'm wondering if she's mixed with something else. Came here for answers.