The Breed & Egg Color Thread. Please Contribute!

[Solanacae]

Dominiques are beautiful brown egg layers and at 5 pounds at the same weight as blue rgg layers.

My Dominique lays more of a tan than brown, though I guess that could be generically called ‘brown’.

 

[themotleycoopchic]

My Dominique lays more of a tan than brown, though I guess that could be generically called ‘brown’.

Yeah, they would need to consider dark brown vs brown layer too within their size preference. As well as availability & price...I paid considerably more for my dark brown layer chicks. Worth it to me but depends on your budget.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Left to right-
OE, Prue (Marans mix) from MPC
Light Braham, Maribel from McMurray
Welsummer, Piper from MPC
WTB, Betty from McMurray
Blue orp, Phoebe from MPC

Prue and Maribel lay very large eggs, Betty (top producer, 6wk) and Piper are large, and Phoebe lays bullets, lol

Pics top to bottom- WTB, Blue Orp, OE, Welsummer, Light Brahma

I just noticed my pictures are all out of sequence, lol

 

[Solanacae]

Yeah, they would need to consider dark brown vs brown layer too within their size preference. As well as availability & price...I paid considerably more for my dark brown layer chicks. Worth it to me but depends on your budget.

And darker brown layers don’t lay as often too. For some, that’s an important consideration. I love the dark brown eggs, and plan to get some in the future. My Marans is just hatchery quality, so her eggs are darker brown but my ISA Browns sometimes lay almost as dark a shade as hers. The ISA Browns recently started laying, and the Marans egg color varies quite a bit in shade.

 

[Cattle dog Mom]

18 months old mottled Java and a black Ameraucana pullet that JUST started laying.

 

[Poodlemum]

Silver Laced Wyandotte

 

[Iluveggers]

18 months old mottled Java and a black Ameraucana pullet that JUST started laying.View attachment 3060825 View attachment 3060824

A beautiful contrast to one another!

Silver Laced Wyandotte

lucky with the speckles!

 

[nicalandia]

18 months old mottled Java and a black Ameraucana pullet that JUST started laying.

For the first time? at 18 months?

 

[JustBabyMargo]

An egg from my Sage Egger pullet, Carlitta.

 

[JustBabyMargo]

An egg laid by Kevin, my crossbeaked Cream Legbar pullet-

And, of course, a picture of Kevy-