My Cuckoo Marans Gertrude (Gertie) laid this egg. I'm disappointed in the color, it's barely darker than my other brown layers. I'm pretty sure this is actually her third egg. I found a broken egg under her roost and my mom had 4 eggs (I only had 3 layers before that) while she was chicken sitting last Saturday. Now I'm on the countdown for my Americana Hazel to start laying. She did here first "squat" yesterday.
Found it in their sand near their food. Not sure why not in one of their boxes with the "nest eggs".
They are about 18 or 19 weeks old. A little early for starting to lay from what I understand. But my son about dropped it when he held it he was so excited! hehehe\
It is next to a large white grade a store-bought egg for reference.
Yesterday we got our first egg 45 minutes after I brought our flock home! My daughter was so super happy! This gal below is laying but I'm not sure what she is.