white rock hens laying brown eggs?????help

[all8up4jr]

i have what i think are white rock hens and they are laying brown eggs with little dark spots. is this right? new to this backyard chicken raising and loving it.

 

[jermoatc]

Yep. Rocks lay brown eggs. Egg color is determined by the color of the earlobe. Colored earlobe = colred egg (brown or green/blue if Easter Egger) white earlobe = white egg.

 

[all8up4jr]

thanks.. i have 5 white rocks, 2 black sexlinks, 3 other noy sure and im only getting one egg every other day. i just put a light in with them on jan. 5th.

 

[DanEP]

I have white rocks too. Some lay plain brown egg and some have the speckles it's normal.

 

[deChickyHen]

yep they lay brown eggs, minds just started to lay the other day.. had a few brown and a a bunch of the spotted ones..

 

[rachelrulz]

Umm... My EE hen has pure white earlobes and she lays green eggs.

 

[BlazeJester]

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Umm... My EE hen has pure white earlobes and she lays green eggs.

Similarly to the pea comb *often* being associated with green eggs, the EE is a pretty big exception since they are such a huge range of mutt. They can literally be bred from anything, as long as a blue or green egg-layer is somewhere in the mix.