Which hen laid this egg?

[samhahn]

Today I found one tiny egg next to usual small white egg I collect from white bantam silkie. I have 5 month of silkie which should lay bigger white egg than small white shown in the photo according to a neighbor who split the silkie with me. Only breed of hens that could lay colored eggs are 9 week isa brown and americanas but both seems too young to lay egg yet or can they lay this early? I got them on Feb 13th from Hoover.

 

[aart]

I have 5 month of silkie which should lay bigger white egg than small white shown in the photo according to a neighbor who split the silkie with me.

The neighbor might be wrong.

 

[snood dude]

Today I found one tiny egg next to usual small white egg I collect from white bantam silkie. I have 5 month of silkie which should lay bigger white egg than small white shown in the photo according to a neighbor who split the silkie with me. Only breed of hens that could lay colored eggs are 9 week isa brown and americanas but both seems too young to lay egg yet or can they lay this early? I got them on Feb 13th from Hoover.

Is hoover a good hatchery? I ordered chicks from them they got delayed in shipping and died. Other than that they had great service.

 

[samhahn]

The neighbor might be wrong.

Yup, I am leaning toward bigger chicken doesn't mean bigger egg idea. Only thing is that I used to think white silkies only laid white eggs but apparently not.

 

[samhahn]

Is hoover a good hatchery? I ordered chicks from them they got delayed in shipping and died. Other than that they had great service.

My personal experience has been very positive with great service after sales. Doesn't matter where you order from, chicks do die during shipping mostly due to weather and shipping delay which no hatchery out there can control.

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

Is hoover a good hatchery? I ordered chicks from them they got delayed in shipping and died. Other than that they had great service.

Is Hoover a very good hatchery. Or would Meyer be better. I have been looking into them for next year.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Silkies lay white/cream eggs. I wouldn't consider that to be a silkie egg.

Hoover's is pretty decent so far. Still waiting for my chicks to grow from them, but I didn't lose a single ch ick when my package arrived on time. However, they made a substitution of the most expensive breed I got with the cheapest breed I got, which was a bit annoying and they didn't tell me my order had been bumped a week.

 

[PopoMyers]

My personal experience has been very positive with great service after sales. Doesn't matter where you order from, chicks do die during shipping mostly due to weather and shipping delay which no hatchery out there can control.

I have had great customer service from them as well. 6 of the 10 chicks I had ordered died in transit, and I was refunded for them. Just had to email photos and order #.

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Yup, I am leaning toward bigger chicken doesn't mean bigger egg idea. Only thing is that I used to think white silkies only laid white eggs but apparently not.

My large fowl silkies lay tiny eggs

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Silkies lay white/cream eggs. I wouldn't consider that to be a silkie egg.

Hoover's is pretty decent so far. Still waiting for my chicks to grow from them, but I didn't lose a single ch ick when my package arrived on time. However, they made a substitution of the most expensive breed I got with the cheapest breed I got, which was a bit annoying and they didn't tell me my order had been bumped a week.

One of my silkie hens lays light brown eggs, the other hen lays white eggs