Who does this egg belong to-help!

[sannabelle]

Hello all! I went out to the coop today and found this egg in a nest on the coop floor. Occasionally my chickens will burrow out a nest and lay on the ground if their favorite nesting box is in use (strange birds), but the egg I got from the ground nest today was not a chicken egg!

It looks like a cayuga egg, however all of my cayugas are males. I've been trying to sell some of them to even out my male/female ratio- just sold one on Saturday, actually. The only hens I have are magpies and this doesn't look like any magpie eggs I have seen.

Is one of my "male" cayugas playing a trick on me? If so, how would I begin to figure out which one?

Attached is a picture of the egg, and a picture of all four cayugas (drake feathers and all!)

Thanks so much

 

[sannabelle]

@Ravynscroft @Pyxis @WVduckchick

 

[lilmarie84]

do you have any other breeds other than those 2 cuz from what i see it looks like a cayugas egg but like you I only see drakes

 

[sannabelle]

I've got magpies Pekins and cayugas...the Pekins are both 100% male

 

[pamelajean]

Totally looks like a Cayuga's first egg. Following this one!

 

[Akrnaf2]

Hello all! I went out to the coop today and found this egg in a nest on the coop floor. Occasionally my chickens will burrow out a nest and lay on the ground if their favorite nesting box is in use (strange birds), but the egg I got from the ground nest today was not a chicken egg!

It looks like a cayuga egg, however all of my cayugas are males. I've been trying to sell some of them to even out my male/female ratio- just sold one on Saturday, actually. The only hens I have are magpies and this doesn't look like any magpie eggs I have seen.

Is one of my "male" cayugas playing a trick on me? If so, how would I begin to figure out which one?

Attached is a picture of the egg, and a picture of all four cayugas (drake feathers and all!)

Thanks so much

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I think it is a cayuga egg.

 

[WVduckchick]

Could it be the first egg of any of the magpies? I had some black Swedish that their first eggs were very dark like that. one stayed pretty gray, the other laid white after a few days.

 

[sannabelle]

Could it be the first egg of any of the magpies? I had some black Swedish that their first eggs were very dark like that. one stayed pretty gray, the other laid white after a few days.

It's possible if they could change colors after a few days...neither magpie has started laying yet- unless this is one of their first eggs

 

[WVduckchick]

It's possible if they could change colors after a few days...neither magpie has started laying yet- unless this is one of their first eggs

How old are they? They have my vote.

 

[sannabelle]

How old are they? They have my vote.

Okay!! They're about 5 months old, born early May