Who laid what?

[Jessi.Smith]

I was gone over the weekend and discovered 2 of my pullets became hens while I was gone. The two light green ones on the left are from a veteran layer and so is the egg all the way on the right. The 4 middle ones are from the new layers.
I think my barred rock is one of the new layers, but not sure about the other. I have 2 wyandotte pullets and a Rhode island red that are the same age as the barred rock.

 

[cherrynberry]

I was gone over the weekend and discovered 2 of my pullets became hens while I was gone. The two light green ones on the left are from a veteran layer and so is the egg all the way on the right. The 4 middle ones are from the new layers.
I think my barred rock is one of the new layers, but not sure about the other. I have 2 wyandotte pullets and a Rhode island red that are the same age as the barred rock.


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I would check their pelvic bones. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/who-is-laying-and-who-is-not-butt-check.73309/?page=2

Also, hens are female chickens over a year old, not when they start laying.

 

[Jessi.Smith]

They are very hard to catch! I may just set a camera up and see who lays there.

 

[cherrynberry]

They are very hard to catch! I may just set a camera up and see who lays there.

Thats a good idea as well, if they are hard to catch.

 

[Jessi.Smith]

Thats a good idea as well, if they are hard to catch.

Yeah, they free range during the day and we have been around 90° outside. They pretty much stay in the underbrush until the sun starts to set.