Which chickens are laying?

[MiksMom]

I really want to know what eggs are coming from which chickens. I can't be checking the boxes every ten minutes to see which hen is in and what kinda egg is behind - not that I haven't tried, but I always seem to miss it and by the time I check again then there are two eggs, lol... Does anybody have a blog or something with pictures of eggs from different chicken breeds?

I get a light brown with lighter speckles egg - they are huge - like Jumbo from the store and very rounded at one end. Usually get at least one of these, sometimes two a day. I have two Buff Orphingtons & 2 RIR. I thought these were coming from the BO's, but then I found a RIR on the nest before I picked up one, so idk! I get a Medium size Medium brown color - very enlongated, again at least one a day. Then a slightly darker, slightly larger, more typical egg shaped, every other day or so. Been getting 5-6 eggs/day for the last week. Prior to that was 2-4/day since beginning Feb when we got the girlies...

So, yeah, this is probably worthless without pictures, right? lol. I can try to take and upload some pics later on.

 

[lambchicks]

Do you have any clue as to the different hen's ages? Usually older hens lay the larger eggs.

 

[Nightfeather]

put them in there own cages with nesting box and food. soon they will lay and egg and you can tell what egg they lay

 

[williamsl77]

You can also dab a bit of food coloring on their vent that will come off on the egg. Then you know who belongs to what egg.

 

[cooped up]

I can identify who laid what egg, but it took a couple of days to watch the birds and see who went in,then get the egg . I was also keeping track of who laid the eggs for two weeks. I don't think I'm going to worry about it when I introduce new pullets and cull a few 2 yr/olds.