Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Leigti]

I have a friend who want to eat brown eggs because she says there are little black specs in the yolk. So of course I had to go bust one open and try to stare at it and find a little black specs. Since I am blind as a bat I actually use my magnifier, still couldn't find any black specs.
She has silkies. Do silkies lay white eggs?

 

[Leigti]

This is what my Easter Eggers think of 6 foot fences.

that one looks a lot like my Easter Egger.

 

[Hinotori]

I have a friend who want to eat brown eggs because she says there are little black specs in the yolk. So of course I had to go bust one open and try to stare at it and find a little black specs. Since I am blind as a bat I actually use my magnifier, still couldn't find any black specs.
She has silkies. Do silkies lay white eggs?

Not supposed to be. They are tinted or cream. Neither pass as white.

Normal brown eggs from brahma nd new hampshire on left. Silkie on right. Letters are because Im collecting to set.

 

[Leigti]

I don't know what she does with the eggs her chickens away. From reading other threads it looks like I have to wait till my chicks are 6 to 8 weeks old to know if they are male or female.

 

[Hinotori]

Yeah. Depending on breed and color it can take a while. Some are much easier to sex

 

[Leigti]

These are welsummer and marans.

 

[mixedbreeds]

Leigti: These are two of my Welsummers I hatched out in November I bought an incubator and wanted to give it a try. I got a lucky grab on the eggs out of the coop as these both turned out to be pullits

 

[pennyJo1960]

Quote: how very well spoken think many of mine actually know till I make blue stew
they are fertile

 

[pennyJo1960]

I don't know what she does with the eggs her chickens away. From reading other threads it looks like I have to wait till my chicks are 6 to 8 weeks old to know if they are male or female.

huh

 

[Leigti]

huh

I combined answers to a couple different things there. I said my friend doesn't eat brown eggs, but her chickens lay tinted eggs so I don't know what she does with them. And I want to know if my new chicks are female but it looks like I will have to wait a while to tell.