Mystery blue egg layer!?!?

[profminor]

So we have 5 hens in our flock. The girls are just starting to lay. We only have one Easter Egger but we are getting two blue eggs a day! I'm suspicious of our Astrolorpe. Could she be a blue egg layer!?!?

 

[AustralorpsAU]

Yes that black one would be your culprit. Its not an Australorp. Australorps have red earlobes! And have a big single comb

 

[emilyandbj]

Hey I was looking up the name of the chicken breed you posted but I could only find australorp is that what you ment??? Just trying to help

 

[profminor]

 

[newchickfl]

That looks like a black easter egger ....from my understanding australorp's lay brown eggs.

 

[eleaserek]

Yes that black one would be your culprit. Its not an Australorp. Australorps have red earlobes! And have a big single comb

X2!

 

[FlyWheel]

That looks like a black easter egger ....from my understanding australorp's lay brown eggs.

Australorps do lay brown eggs.

Do "black Easter Eggers" have black legs? I thought EE's legs were supposed to be greenish or slate grey. I ask l because i have a black pullet that was supposed to be an EE but many here think she is a Black Australorp, mainly because of her legs, which are almost a gloss black on the front.



She hasn't layed anything yet so I can't go by egg color.

 

[profminor]

Our hens look very similar! Here is what my hens egg looks like (blue/green color)

 

[dekel18042]

Australorps do lay brown eggs.

Do "black Easter Eggers" have black legs? I thought EE's legs were supposed to be greenish or slate grey. I ask l because i have a black pullet that was supposed to be an EE but many here think she is a Black Australorp, mainly because of her legs, which are almost a gloss black on the front.



She hasn't layed anything yet so I can't go by egg color.

The legs tend to be darker before they lay then as they start and keep laying the eggs lighten up a bit. I have several young (four months old now) black EE,pullents and their legs are very dark. I'll have to look closer tomorrow in the light and see if they are a dark green or grey or black.

 

[BantamFan4Life]

That's a Black Ameraucana - they are very rare.