Who layed what?!?

[Brantford]

Ok have a "who done it" for ya. I am very new to BYC and I picked up "laying hens" a week and a half ago. I got 1 barred Rock that hadn't started laying, a rir, and 2 australorps.

So the day after I got them home I had a brown egg and a cream colour egg.
Next day the same. A cream egg and a brown like this

And that was the end of the cream colour eggs. I was just getting one brown egg every day which I'm almost positive is the red, then yesterday I got 2 brown eggs. I'm assuming that the australorps stopped laying and the barred rock started?

The one brown egg is smaller so that's what I'm thinking.
Can those black australorps lay brown eggs or will they be big cream colour? The australorps look slightly different than each other so maybe they are some hybrid? Can you tell the age of that big black one, she looks pretty old and I was told just over a year, but she might just be done laying, no?

Anyway. Sorry for the long winded post. I'm trying to post this with my phone and its no easy task with my fat thumb. Any opinions would be great, and suggestions on how to get them laying would also be awesome.
Thanks.
B.

 

[webbysmeme]

Ok have a "who done it" for ya. I am very new to BYC and I picked up "laying hens" a week and a half ago. I got 1 barred Rock that hadn't started laying, a rir, and 2 australorps.
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So the day after I got them home I had a brown egg and a cream colour egg.
Next day the same. A cream egg and a brown like thisView attachment 1537670
And that was the end of the cream colour eggs. I was just getting one brown egg every day which I'm almost positive is the red, then yesterday I got 2 brown eggs. I'm assuming that the australorps stopped laying and the barred rock started? View attachment 1537667
The one brown egg is smaller so that's what I'm thinking.
Can those black australorps lay brown eggs or will they be big cream colour? The australorps look slightly different than each other so maybe they are some hybrid? Can you tell the age of that big black one, she looks pretty old and I was told just over a year, but she might just be done laying, no?

Anyway. Sorry for the long winded post. I'm trying to post this with my phone and its no easy task with my fat thumb. Any opinions would be great, and suggestions on how to get them laying would also be awesome.
Thanks.
B.

Sorry B, I can't help you. I have the same problem! I have 4 Buff Orpingtons, 3 Black Jersey Giants, 3 Cinamon Queens, and 2 Wellsummers that are supposed to be roosters! Everybody here thinks they are hens too! And then I already had 3 that I bought at an auction back in March. Only one of them lay about twice a week. I'll show you what I got just this week. I don't know who' laying what? My chicks were hatched May 25th. What do you think? I'm glad I'm finally getting some eggs, but it's very confusing!!!

 

[Mrs Ugh]

My australorpes lay very pale brown eggs. Sometimes they are almost pink.