Welsummer egg size and weight?

nakstk

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Sep 19, 2011
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I was just wondering what the size and weight of a Wellie egg should I expect? I have two 19 week old Wellies that have been squatting for just over a week now. Today I got an egg that wasn't quiet colored like my SS eggs normally are but it was the same weight. It was a little bit more narrow though. I am thinking it might be my first Wellie egg. But if it is shouldn't it be darker or will that come with age and practice?
The one up front it the egg in question.


Here it is with my know SS eggs from the last two days. It's top right.


It just looks like the "painting" is off. I am not sure at to the weight of the Wellies first pullet eggs. I know my SS first pullet eggs were 1.4 to 1.6 ounces.
 
Is she a hatchery girl? My wellies (breeding lines) never start laying before 24 weeks. I don't weigh my eggs, but they start out smaller than normal - just like any other pullet. The eggs can be lighter at first, then darken as their ink jets get warmed up.
 

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