Which breed is laying this fairy egg?

[Deltabwa]

I have gotten 3 of these speckled eggs in the last 5 days. All 3 have been fairy and it has to be from my young group. I have: frizzle cochin bantams, non frizzle Cochin bantam, silkie bantam, sultan, rir, Brahma, white and white crested polish, buff orps, campine and this girl (see pic), who is a "fun and funky" breed that I hatched from MPC eggs. They think she is a silky cross. I have it written, what they thought she was crossed with, but can't find it right now.


And the eggs I am asking about

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I have gotten 3 of these speckled eggs in the last 5 days. All 3 have been fairy and it has to be from my young group. I have: frizzle cochin bantams, non frizzle Cochin bantam, silkie bantam, sultan, rir, Brahma, white and white crested polish, buff orps, campine and this girl (see pic), who is a "fun and funky" breed that I hatched from MPC eggs. They think she is a silky cross. I have it written, what they thought she was crossed with, but can't find it right now.

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My guess by the color would be a RIR. Fairy eggs tend to be darker than a full sized egg due to the same amount of pigment being laid down on an egg no matter the size.

 

[Deltabwa]

K. I wondered about that because I thought the others were mostly white layers. I forgot to add they were about 25-30 weeks old

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

K. I wondered about that because I thought the others were mostly white layers. I forgot to add they were about 25-30 weeks old

Most of your breeds lay white, off white, or beige colored eggs. The RIR is the only brown egg layer.

 

[Deltabwa]

yup that's what I thought. Thanks. The speckles threw me but that would make sense of extra dye

 

[chickencheeper]

What are fairy eggs?

 

[Deltabwa]

tiny eggs with no yolk. lots of different names for them. Usually they are the first eggs. I've only seen a couple out of my 29 hens and the few times I had gotten them, I only got 1. This is the first time the color was off so much as well as gotten 3 from the same girl

 

[chickencheeper]

tiny eggs with no yolk. lots of different names for them. Usually they are the first eggs. I've only seen a couple out of my 29 hens and the few times I had gotten them, I only got 1. This is the first time the color was off so much as well as gotten 3 from the same girl

Oh, 2 of my 6 chickens (the ones that have laid yet, the other 4 are 30 weeks and still no eggs) both laid normal sized eggs for their firsts.

 

[aart]

tiny eggs with no yolk. lots of different names for them. Usually they are the first eggs. I've only seen a couple out of my 29 hens and the few times I had gotten them, I only got 1. This is the first time the color was off so much as well as gotten 3 from the same girl

Not really.....can happen in any aged bird.
First eggs are often tiny, but have a proportionally sized yolk.
It can take days to weeks to months after onset of lay for pullet eggs to get bigger.

Fairy eggs are from a piece of tissue, or immature ova, breaking off in the reproductive system and the body forms the rest of the egg around it, so you'll see a tiny 'thing' instead of a yolk inside it. I think this video explains it: Egg Formation Video

 

[Deltabwa]

Not really.....can happen in any aged bird.
First eggs are often tiny, but have a proportionally sized yolk.
It can take days to weeks to months after onset of lay for pullet eggs to get bigger.

Fairy eggs are from a piece of tissue, or immature ova, breaking off in the reproductive system and the body forms the rest of the egg around it, so you'll see a tiny 'thing' instead of a yolk inside it. I think this video explains it: Egg Formation Video

That's why I put usually, but as for the rest... huh... not what I thought or had read before. interesting..... thanks