What color of eggs should I expect?

[twinmama]

Now you've all made me think about camping out by the coop waiting to see what color the egg is!

Thankfully I have 3 16-week-old pullets who should start laying soon, so the anticipation shouldn't be too much to handle. 2 BRs and an EE, so not too much guessing on egg color there, though the EE could surprise me. Next on the list is figuring out my 6-week-old Lavender Orpington chicks ~ 1 cockerel, 1 pullet, 1 I have no idea.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Hey, Ridgerunner, want to place a bet contingent upon ear lobe color on this particular bird?    My money is still on white earlobes = white egg, red earlobe = brown egg.  And none of that negates anything that you have said. 

PS, let's drop the respecting your elders baloney. 

Hey, I got to have my fun where I can. I do respect you and not just for your years.

But no bet. It is a guideline that works more often than it doesn't.

If you go to this site and look for Genetics of ear lobe color, you can get a bit of information. According to this site, they really don't know a lot about it genetically. The red color is due to the skin being so thin you can see the blood underneath, but there are some genes that can make it white.

http://sellers.kippenjungle.nl/page0.html

 

[SunnyAlberta]

You should have an easy time observing your white pullet after she has rooosted for the night. Either move her off the roost or reach in with a flashlight and look at her earlobes. Does your girl have a name?

 

[twinmama]

Thanks Southern Alberta. Her name is Zena, and I've tried to get to her at night, but she sleeps in the far corner of the coop, which isn't too easy for me to climb into. I built the coop for them with a large enough access door for cleaning, but didn't really consider what to do if I had to get one of the chickens out! It's approximately the size of a child's playhouse, and the door is set to the far right of the front. Naturally she sleeps in the far left of the back!

 

[twinmama]

This is my Zena, and this is as close as I can get to her using zoom on the camera. She's generally scared of everything and everyone. To me her earlobes look light pink, so what does that mean? Is that considered white as opposed to red? They're not bright red like on my RSL and NH hens.

 

[ChickenExtreme]

This is my Zena, and this is as close as I can get to her using zoom on the camera. She's generally scared of everything and everyone. To me her earlobes look light pink, so what does that mean? Is that considered white as opposed to red? They're not bright red like on my RSL and NH hens.

Is that a Tetra Tint? If so her eggs should be slightly off white, cream ish color.

 

[twinmama]

I actually don't know what she is for sure. She was hatched by another teacher in my school, and there was no info on the eggs that were given to her. Zena's brother Zander is totally white. Both are smaller and lighter weight than my other chickens, which is why I've guessed Leghorn cross, but that's truly just a guess. She's 10 weeks old now, so I have a bit to wait for eggs, but just curious on what to expect. I don't have any hens who lay white eggs, so I thought it would be nice to see something different in the nest box.

 

[ChickenExtreme]

I actually don't know what she is for sure. She was hatched by another teacher in my school, and there was no info on the eggs that were given to her. Zena's brother Zander is totally white. Both are smaller and lighter weight than my other chickens, which is why I've guessed Leghorn cross, but that's truly just a guess. She's 10 weeks old now, so I have a bit to wait for eggs, but just curious on what to expect. I don't have any hens who lay white eggs, so I thought it would be nice to see something different in the nest box.

She looks exactly like my Tetras, they are RIR roos and WL hens mix.

 

[Chicks Galore3]

so twinmama, how'd this turn out?

 

[mannedwolfy]

If she has white earlobes, she will lay white eggs. If her earlobes are red she will lay brown eggs - unless she carries EE blood.

also, they wont have blue ears for blue eggs- you'd have to wait or no if they carry EE blood.