Who is laying these dark brown eggs?

[AlbionWood]

I'm getting two of these most days, so the most likely candidates are:
Black Australorp
Buff Orpington
Gold-Laced Wyandotte
Brahma (1 Light, 1 Dark)
Speckled Sussex

Other breeds in the same flock:
Plymouth Rock (2 Barred, 1 Partidge, 1 White, 2 mixed)
New Hampshire
Delaware

I wonder if it's possible these two off-color Barred Rocks might actually be off-spec Marans instead? We actually had ordered Cuckoo Marans but got 2 Partridge Rocks instead, one cockerel and one pullet.

 

[smarsh]

those are not barred rocks, and are most likely your dark egg layers. sussex, orps, and dottes don't lay dark eggs. I can't tell you about astralorps or brahmas.

 

[kera!]

I would say she looks like a maran combo. great colored eggs lucky you!

 

[dandelionheart]

I would think that you got your Marans... just maybe not so standard ones?

What a nice surprise?! They look great in the egg box too.

My Marans haven't started laying yet (but have squatted some)... I'm jealous.

 

[omahalostpunk]

Could they be cuckoo marans

 

[Illia]

That is a Cuckoo Marans.

Cuckoo Marans have pink legs like her, and poor barring like her.

Barred Rocks have decent barring and yellow legs. You don't have Barred Rocks.

 

[dinahmoe]

it looks like you have 2 marans hens:
golden cuckoo marans
cuckoo marans

 

[MelissaR]

How many are you getting per day/week? I had a Black Australorp that laid eggs that color. I'm not disagreeing with anyone about the Marans though....

 

[Tala]

Yup, Marans girl with the pinkish legs. They look like cuckoo Marans eggs to me too. Especially the bottom right corner one where the color is scratched off some - you can actually wash or scratch some of the "paint" off of Marans eggs, unlike other breeds.

 

[AlbionWood]

Thanks everyone - don't know why it never occurred to me to look at the legs - but I'm very pleased to discover I got Marans after all!

So the only mix-up on my order was, I got Partridge instead of Barred Plymouth Rocks... not bad!