Whiting True Blue Chicks

[CluckNDoodle]

Thank you ... Hoping she uses the nest eventually. Never had issues with the other breeds I've had, but these Whitings are the first and so far really enjoying them.

She will figure it out! It's common for new layers to lay their first few eggs in odd locations. I just found a pinkish/purple egg in the corner of the coop yesterday and today there was one next to the nest boxes. Lol, I'm sure it will be in a box tomorrow.

 

[ChickNanny13]

@CluckNDoodle Who lays a pinkish/purple egg? Please share a picture, would love a purple egg

 

[CluckNDoodle]

@CluckNDoodle Who lays a pinkish/purple egg? Please share a picture, would love a purple egg

It's one of my new layers, I'm not entirely sure which one is laying it. lol! The egg in the middle, it's a little less pink today but at least it was in the nest box! The egg was either from my Speckled Sussex or my 1st generation Olive Egger (named Olive...may need to rename her if it's her egg! lol)
PS Langshan chickens are known for laying pink to almost purple eggs quite often!

 

[ChickNanny13]

Thank you for sharing, they are gorgeous

 

[ChickNanny13]

Found this egg today ... It's brown Got to be Red who's the other WTG. Did a pelvic bone & vent check. Not in the nest ... Put some fake eggs in the nest
Red is in pic #2, her egg #1
Speckles is pic #4, her eggs #3 ... Color's dull olive green
Waiting on the WTB to lay, thinking another month according to the pelvic check. Don't mind the wait but sure would like to know what color

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Found this egg today ... It's brown Got to be Red who's the other WTG. Did a pelvic bone & vent check. Not in the nest ... Put some fake eggs in the nest
Red is in pic #2, her egg #1
Speckles is pic #4, her eggs #3 ... Color's dull olive green
Waiting on the WTB to lay, thinking another month according to the pelvic check. Don't mind the wait but sure would like to know what color View attachment 1981549View attachment 1981550 View attachment 1981551View attachment 1981552

They look very similar. Your brown egg layer must be a sexlink or cross of some kind. I don't have any Whiting True Greens as a comparison. I only have the True Blues and my friend keeps a breeding flock. They mostly look like slender Easter Eggers, they just all lay nice blue eggs.
Fingers crossed you get some blue eggs soon!

 

[ChickNanny13]

Hoping too. Thinking that Red was either a Red Star or New Hampshire that got mixed in the order from McMurray? Oh well, I'll have brown and olive green eggs + blue

 

[ChickNanny13]

I was wrong ... The WTG wanted to lay their eggs in the poop board today, long story short I put them in the nest (backwards, going head first they freaked). They stayed & laid their eggs, I stayed & watched. The green eggs are from Red, the brown from Speckles. Another surprise is the egg colors, the shades have changed. The olive green now looks bluish green and the brown looks pinkish.

Egg size is still small but I won't have to buy eggs anymore .... Eggs started on Wednesday, today is day 5 & I have 6 eggs. Once the WTB start, I'll be giving eggs away again.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I was wrong ... The WTG wanted to lay their eggs in the poop board today, long story short I put them in the nest (backwards, going head first they freaked). They stayed & laid their eggs, I stayed & watched. The green eggs are from Red, the brown from Speckles. Another surprise is the egg colors, the shades have changed. The olive green now looks bluish green and the brown looks pinkish.

Egg size is still small but I won't have to buy eggs anymore .... Eggs started on Wednesday, today is day 5 & I have 6 eggs. Once the WTB start, I'll be giving eggs away again.

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Beautiful egg colors! Some shade variation is normal and in a week or so the egg size and shape will become more consistent for each hen.

 

[ChickNanny13]

Thank you for the info ... I've never had chickens that lay every day, will definitely have happy neighbors. My family got this quirk about eggs from my chickens