I thought you all would find this interesting. Here are three of our eggs. The one on the left is from one of our Buff O hens. The middle egg, naturally is from one of our Welsummer girls. I think "OUCH!" every time I gather these 2 oz plus jewels from the nest box. The third is from our Wellbuff pullet that just started laying recently.
I've been anxiously waiting to see what her eggs would look like. I was hoping that they would be smaller than the standard Welly egg, but slightly larger than the more sedate Buff O eggs. I didn't know what I was expecting as far as the color was concerned but I think they turned out to be a pretty light brown color even if they are not speckled.
I believe the hen is from a Buff rooster over a Welsummer hen. She doesn't have the Buff O fluffiness. Her body is shaped more like a Welsummer but she is taller than a Welly girl. Her color is a light buff with a bronze cast and her tail looks like a Welsummer hen's in shape and color. All in all a pretty girl. She is also as skittish as a Welly girl but an attack from a hen when she was 6 weeks old and got out of the grow out pen left a mark on her and made her more nervous than usual.
I have two more Buff O/Wellie cross pullets coming up from a recent hatching and one full blooded Wellie girl that I'm looking forward to seeing what color eggs they lay.
Kinda surprised that there weren't any speckles on the cross bred's egg. What's showing on the egg is just dust speckles from the nest.
I've been anxiously waiting to see what her eggs would look like. I was hoping that they would be smaller than the standard Welly egg, but slightly larger than the more sedate Buff O eggs. I didn't know what I was expecting as far as the color was concerned but I think they turned out to be a pretty light brown color even if they are not speckled.
I believe the hen is from a Buff rooster over a Welsummer hen. She doesn't have the Buff O fluffiness. Her body is shaped more like a Welsummer but she is taller than a Welly girl. Her color is a light buff with a bronze cast and her tail looks like a Welsummer hen's in shape and color. All in all a pretty girl. She is also as skittish as a Welly girl but an attack from a hen when she was 6 weeks old and got out of the grow out pen left a mark on her and made her more nervous than usual.
I have two more Buff O/Wellie cross pullets coming up from a recent hatching and one full blooded Wellie girl that I'm looking forward to seeing what color eggs they lay.
Kinda surprised that there weren't any speckles on the cross bred's egg. What's showing on the egg is just dust speckles from the nest.
Seeing them in person is so much better
