Who dun it?

[BigBlueHen53]

Actually leg horns are about the only breed who's ear lobes consistently correlate to egg color.


None of those birds have white earlobes, I think you're looking at their ear cover feathers.
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Lol, yeah, wouldn't it be nice if those exotics with the bright turquoise lobes laid eggs that color! Thanks for pointing that out. So ... which of her hens do you think might be laying those nice white eggs???

 

[aart]

So ... which of her hens do you think might be laying those nice white eggs???

Dunno.
Would be good to see a clean egg photographed on a white piece of paper.
Am guessing they are tinted and not pure white....
...could be the new layers spray booths are not up to snuff, yet.

@2102Simm Here's some tips on how to tell.....
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/who-is-laying-and-who-is-not-butt-check.73309/

 

[2102Simm]

Update, as of today at least 2 of the BOs and one RIR are laying... somewhere. I believe they have moved their collective nest elsewhere since I discovered it a few days ago. I preformed the butt check to figure it out but was only able to catch 5 of my 8 pullets. Now trying to decide my next course of action to help retrain my younger girls to lay like my older girls. Also is it normal for my 10 month old dominate cockerel to still be a bit of a jerk face to my 22 week old pullets? I do have another younger cockerel that's 22 weeks old as well in the flock.

 

[aart]

I preformed the butt check to figure it out but was only able to catch 5 of my 8 pullets.

I do all exams after dark off the roost...much easier to 'catch' them then.

Now trying to decide my next course of action to help retrain my younger girls to lay like my older girls.

Free range birds sometimes need to be 'trained'(or re-trained) to lay in the coop nests, especially new layers. Leaving them locked in the coop for a week or so can help 'home' them to lay in the coop nests. Fake eggs/golf balls in the nests can help 'show' them were to lay. They can be confined to coop and maybe run 24/7 for a few days to a week, provided you have adequate space and ventilation, or confine them at least until mid to late afternoon. You help them create a new habit and they will usually stick with it. ..at least for a good while, then repeat as necessary.

Also is it normal for my 10 month old dominate cockerel to still be a bit of a jerk face to my 22 week old pullets? I do have another younger cockerel that's 22 weeks old as well in the flock.

Multiple males can make them all behave badly.
You may not need any males, but keeping just one will make everyone happier.

 

[2102Simm]

Well still don't know for sure who dun it, but they at least did it in one of the boxes today!

The 2 darker eggs I know are from my 5yr old Australorp hens. Hopefully it will be the first of many "farm fresh butt nuggets" as my dear husband has decided to call all the eggs we get from now on.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Well still don't know for sure who dun it, but they at least did it in one of the boxes today! View attachment 2014109
The 2 darker eggs I know are from my 5yr old Australorp hens. Hopefully it will be the first of many "farm fresh butt nuggets" as my dear husband has decided to call all the eggs we get from now on.

Oooh, those are pretty eggs! I have six day-old Black Australorps coming in a couple of weeks, so hopefully I'll have some dark brown eggs like that this summer.