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Hello all. I am new here.

We have a very small flock. A total of 6. We ordered day old females who are now a little over 5 mo old. One ea RIR (Rhoda), White Leghorn (Gracie), Buff Orpington (Allie) Plymouth Rock (Lilleth) Jersey Giant (Selma), and we acquired an ISA Brown Roo (Butch-because we saved him from the butcher) who was 5 mos old when our "girls" were 3 mos.

We discovered our White Leghorn is also a Roo, so now Gracie is Greg :P So far there is no fighting, and the girls aren't overly "burdened."

Here's the question. Someone started laying eggs right at 5 mos. Given our diverse flock, we have no idea who the eggs are from. We looked online but that wasn't very helpful.

I've attached a pic, anyone have any ideas?

Thanks!
 
Beautiful eggs, sorry I don't know who they came from. Welcome to Backyard chickens. I'm sure when other greeters wake up they will have an answer for you. Any chance your Jersey Giant is a Black Australorp - they do lay brown eggs- though I'd not sure that dark.
 
Hi and welcome to BYC - thanks for joining us. What you can do is to apply some food dye to the vent of your suspected bird in the morning time. Any egg should then have a smear of the food dye on the egg. Through a process of elimination, you should be able to work out who is laying what.

Best wishes
CT
 
Selma looks fairly red in the comb and wattles, so could be her... but I'm betting your layer is Rhoda, who btw is really probably a Production Red... most hatcheries don't have heritage RIR's...

Better pics of their combs and wattles would help narrow it down...
 
Hello, and welcome to Backyard chickens! So glad you joined us. The food dye is a good idea. I have not ever owned alot of those breeds, so I can not put a guess as to who layed them. I hope you figure it out, and enjoy BYC!!
 

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