Which breed laid this egg?

[juniperz]

My girls are starting to lay again and I noticed this beautiful brown eggs with white speckles all over them (the brown streaks are mud). Any guesses for which breed lays these? The brown egg layers in my flock are:
Black Australorp (I think her eggs are plain brown)
Blue Wyandotte
Black Sex Link (I think her eggs have darker raised texturing)
Silver Laced Wyandotte
Buff Orpington
Partridge Rock
Light Brahma
Rhode Island Red

 

[featheredplanets]

They look like calcium deposits. My best guess would RIR. But there’s really no way to know for sure unless you trap nest them.

ETA: Spell check.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

IMO, it could realistically be any of those breeds.

 

[juniperz]

Well that's disappointing! I was hoping it would be a clear answer. Not that it really matters, but it's fun to know. The only chicken for which I can 100% identify the eggs is my single Easter Egger.

 

[Kim_R]

My girls are starting to lay again and I noticed this beautiful brown eggs with white speckles all over them (the brown streaks are mud). Any guesses for which breed lays these? The brown egg layers in my flock are:
Black Australorp (I think her eggs are plain brown)
Blue Wyandotte
Black Sex Link (I think her eggs have darker raised texturing)
Silver Laced Wyandotte
Buff Orpington
Partridge Rock
Light Brahma
Rhode Island Red

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Looks like the same egg my Rhode Island Red laid

 

[drumstick diva]

agree with Chicken Canoe.

 

[SwansonHomestead]

My Golden Laced Wyandotte lays those exact eggs! Tan/light brown with teeny tiny white dots! I thought they might be calcium deposits at one point too, up until she ACTUALLY had calcium deposits. Id say its one of your Wyandottes

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Well that's disappointing! I was hoping it would be a clear answer. Not that it really matters, but it's fun to know. The only chicken for which I can 100% identify the eggs is my single Easter Egger.

Sorry but there is nothing that stands out about that egg. Calcium deposits can show up on any bird's eggs. All of those breeds lay medium to light brown eggs and the dark specks can come on the eggs of any brown egg layer. That and the dark spots could be blood, feces or concentrations of pigment.

 

[Lizzy733]

My sexlinks lay similar, so I would vote for the RIR being the culprit, but there are a lot of factors - you say they're coming back into lay... is this egg suddenly different from what you typically get? Eggs aren't quite fingerprints - there can be a lot of variance to what could be considered 'normal' even within the same breed or even the same individual.

 

[The Golden Egg5]

I have a couple Buff Orpingtons that lay eggs identical to that one. Honestly, I don’t think you could know who laid it unless you wait and watch the hens.