Straub’s search for colored eggs

[Tstraub]

I caught her in the act today.

 

[TwoCrows]

I caught her in the act today.
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What a pretty gal!

 

[Tstraub]

What a pretty gal!

Thank you

 

[Tstraub]

I collected 3 pullet eggs yesterday so my assumption is that all 3 of my olive egger back cross pullets are laying and they all lay brown. It’s a nice color of brown with some speckles but not a lot a variety between the 3


They weren’t all in the nest boxes so it is certainly possible that it’s really from just 2 birds and I missed on from a previous day.

I do have 3 store bought pullets that are 18 weeks old and should be coming into lay very soon but I don’t think any of these eggs are theirs because the color looks darker than I expect them to lay. The 18 week olds are a cinnamon queen, a buff Orpington, and one unknown breed that was mislabeled as another buff Orpington. She is definitely not an Orpington. My guess is possibly starlight green egger or some similar breed.

 

[TwoCrows]

I collected 3 pullet eggs yesterday so my assumption is that all 3 of my olive egger back cross pullets are laying and they all lay brown. It’s a nice color of brown with some speckles but not a lot a variety between the 3
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They weren’t all in the nest boxes so it is certainly possible that it’s really from just 2 birds and I missed on from a previous day.

I do have 3 store bought pullets that are 18 weeks old and should be coming into lay very soon but I don’t think any of these eggs are theirs because the color looks darker than I expect them to lay. The 18 week olds are a cinnamon queen, a buff Orpington, and one unknown breed that was mislabeled as another buff Orpington. She is definitely not an Orpington. My guess is possibly starlight green egger or some similar breed.

Nice! Congrats on the new layers!

 

[wrathsfarm]

I collected 3 pullet eggs yesterday so my assumption is that all 3 of my olive egger back cross pullets are laying and they all lay brown. It’s a nice color of brown with some speckles but not a lot a variety between the 3
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They weren’t all in the nest boxes so it is certainly possible that it’s really from just 2 birds and I missed on from a previous day.

I do have 3 store bought pullets that are 18 weeks old and should be coming into lay very soon but I don’t think any of these eggs are theirs because the color looks darker than I expect them to lay. The 18 week olds are a cinnamon queen, a buff Orpington, and one unknown breed that was mislabeled as another buff Orpington. She is definitely not an Orpington. My guess is possibly starlight green egger or some similar breed.

Very pretty...congrats

 

[Tstraub]

I was out doing chicken chores and noticed that Smoky may be coming down with a case of fowl pox. I don’t see it on any of the others yet. I haven’t noticed any mosquito issues but some of those spots on her comb just don’t look like peck marks to me. I guess I’ll keep an eye on everyone and see how things go

Then when I went to get check on eggs Storm(OE) let out a growl and pecked my hand away. So I picked her up and sure enough she has a broody patch on her belly. This is her first time going broody so I guess I’ll see where she chooses to sleep tonight and proceed from there. I had noticed a lot of black feathers and pine shavings lining one of the nest boxes. So I was getting suspicious about a possible broody.

 

[wrathsfarm]

I was out doing chicken chores and noticed that Smoky may be coming down with a case of fowl pox. I don’t see it on any of the others yet. I haven’t noticed any mosquito issues but some of those spots on her comb just don’t look like peck marks to me. I guess I’ll keep an eye on everyone and see how things go
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Then when I went to get check on eggs Storm(OE) let out a growl and pecked my hand away. So I picked her up and sure enough she has a broody patch on her belly. This is her first time going broody so I guess I’ll see where she chooses to sleep tonight and proceed from there. I had noticed a lot of black feathers and pine shavings lining one of the nest boxes. So I was getting suspicious about a possible broody.
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Are you going to let her sit or break her? Any ideas for eggs if you do let her?

Inquiring minds want to know....

 

[Tstraub]

Are you going to let her sit or break her? Any ideas for eggs if you do let her?

Inquiring minds want to know....

After I collected the eggs she went outside with the rest of the flock. I think I’m going to collect regularly and try to keep her mind off of eggs for the next couple days. It’s her first time so I don’t know how serious she is yet. I’m not going to encourage the broody

 

[Tstraub]

Storm did go up to the high roost to sleep tonight so she hasn’t totally committed to hatching eggs yet. Since I have new layers that are dropping eggs wherever they happen to be at the time the urge hits I have been moving their eggs to the nest boxes and letting them pile up through the day.

I was hoping seeing a pile of eggs would encourage the pullets to use the boxes. But it looks like the pile of eggs might have tempted Storm into trying to sit on them. Maybe if I stay on top of collecting I can get her to find other things to do with her time.