which breeds lay speckled eggs?

[kittykorat]

I have 6 six month old pullets. The white rock that lays light brown eggs with dark brown speckles. I think the speckles are so cool.
The australorpe lays small light brown eggs, no speckes. The EE's are still freeloaders.
I have room for 3 more hens in the coop... I want more pretty eggs. What other breeds lay speckled eggs?

 

[Chicken Paradise]

Sometimes my green eggs have brownish speckles...not attractive. My welsummers also had speckles that were not attractive...so my point is, you may get speckled eggs but not pretty ones.

 

[speckledhen]

Many breeds lay speckled eggs, but they are not speckled all the time. My BRs, RIRs, Welsummers, Delawares, Orpingtons, EEs all lay speckled eggs on occasion.

 

[kittykorat]

There is a welsummer breeder about an hour away.. I was thinking about them because they lay dark eggs.

 

[Dora'smom]

Breeder Welsummers lay a terra cotta colored egg, but mine, like many others, is a hatchery bird. She lays nice sort-of medium brown eggs, and recently they have been speckled. I was actually hoping for the speckles rather than the terra cotta because they are so interesting looking. The speckles are actually a little bit purpley looking, so I don't know if they would appeal to everyone, but I love them! I think they are pretty, and so interesting!

 

[Happy Chooks]

I hatched my welsummers and some of the eggs were speckled. My favorite speckled egg never hatched though.

I'm waiting on my 2 pullets to start laying. They are 21 weeks old.

 

[michickenwrangler]

My gold comets lay brown eggs with reddish brown speckles. Once in a while I get a brown egg with white speckles.

 

[jarcoo0153]

My naked neck laid a speckled egg today for the first time, the only new thing that i have been feeding them is acorns, this might of caused it.

 

[lovinlife]

My hens occasionally lay speckled eggs. They always get the same feed and free range only in the late afternoon/early evening, so I don't know if it's linked to anything in particular. Sometimes they lay speckled and sometimes they lay solid eggs.

 

[blurose]

My hatchery Welsummers, both my 5 year old and my 1 year olds. have periocially given me speckled eggs. I have a lot of other breeds as well, but only the Welsummers seem to splash their eggs with darker pigment on occasion. Not sure why, of course.