my barred rock layed a blue egg!!!!

[AusHen]

Ear lobe has no link to egg colour so its very possible the "BR" is actually a cross breed or "easter/olive egger" or the EE laid it. Pullets dont always squat before laying. Only way to be sure who is laying it is to see them actually lay the egg

 

[Jandsloch]

it was for sure her who layed the egg.

to be 100% sure I would say u would need to actually see the egg come from her…not being argumentative however there are a bunch of ways it could or couldn’t be her, however, to know 100% u would have to watch her lay the egg. Then you will have the answers!

 

[Crazy Maizie]

Pretty eggs regardless of which hen laid them!

 

[McChooky]

Those sure look like olive green eggs to me. Ive seen EE blue eggs and they aren't that color.

I know but in the 1st picture they looked blue.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Those are green eggs just enjpy the barred in her is strong but there is a mix in her that gives the olive colour

 

[esme13]

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one on left was her first and one on right is from today.

Looks like an olive egger color very pretty and congratulations! The other pullet with the top knot, looks like a mix of leg bar, so hopefully you’ll have more colorful eggs coming your way

 

[Allsfairinloveandbugs]

Those eggs look olive to me too, but could be shadows. Next time you have breakfast, crack and peel one of the eggs in question. Then peel off the inner white membrane attached to the inner shell. If the inner shell color is an Exact blue match to the outer shell color, the eggs are indeed blue. If there is any color variation between inner and outer shell color, the egg is green. I have many Easter Eggers (including cuckoo eggers but no barred eggers), and sometimes i cant tell the shell color of the easter egger eggs until i compare inner and outer shells.

Odd your pullet came from tractor supply though, because barred rocks should be pure. Possibly some barred rocks or easter eggers flew their coop, & hanky panky was happening in the breeding pens.

 

[Emily_loveschickens]

Those eggs look olive to me too, but could be shadows. Next time you have breakfast, crack and peel one of the eggs in question. Then peel off the inner white membrane attached to the inner shell. If the inner shell color is an Exact blue match to the outer shell color, the eggs are indeed blue. If there is any color variation between inner and outer shell color, the egg is green. I have many Easter Eggers (including cuckoo eggers but no barred eggers), and sometimes i cant tell the shell color of the easter egger eggs until i compare inner and outer shells.

Odd your pullet came from tractor supply though, because barred rocks should be pure. Possibly some barred rocks or easter eggers flew their coop, & hanky panky was happening in the breeding pens.

Ok, will do.

 

[NatJ]

Odd your pullet came from tractor supply though, because barred rocks should be pure. Possibly some barred rocks or easter eggers flew their coop, & hanky panky was happening in the breeding pens.

I'm guessing it was produced by the hatchery as an "Olive Egger."

Some hatchery probably crossed Cuckoo Marans and Legbars a few generations back-- that would account for the color, the single comb, and the egg color. (A first-generation cross of those breeds would also have a crest and white feet, which this pullet does not, which is why I think she's from a later generation of an olive egger breeding program.)

 

[Allsfairinloveandbugs]

I'm guessing it was produced by the hatchery as an "Olive Egger."

Some hatchery probably crossed Cuckoo Marans and Legbars a few generations back-- that would account for the color, the single comb, and the egg color. (A first-generation cross of those breeds would also have a crest and white feet, which this pullet does not, which is why I think she's from a later generation of an olive egger breeding program.)

Sounds right, especially if @Emily_loveschickens 's Tractor Supply uses Hoovers hatchery same as my local Tractor Supply does. Hoovers offers all kinds of mixes and varieties they call "breeds". And Tractor Supply is notorious for mislabeling chick breeds when they arrive. Still curious to know the true color of the eggs!