Who lays a speckled brown egg?

[stephhassler]

I have one girl who lays a beautiful dark brown speckled egg. My options are barred rock, rir, white langshan, columbian wyandotte, dark cornish, or white crested polish. I'm leaning toward the rir. I also have some mutts that I got from my sister. She says it can't be one of those because none of the possible parents on her farm layed speckled eggs. I'm not good at genetics, is it possibly a recessive gene? Could it be one of the mutts?

 

[<3<3 I <3 Chickens <3<3]

BARRED PLYMOTH ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BARED PLYMOTH ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have to express my opionion...

Fact: When I looked at the picture I instantly thought of my Barred Plymoth Rock eggs. They are pinkish like that and have brown speckels!!!

 

[bethandjoeync]

i have two that lay speckled eggs, and one is a barnevelder and the other is a RSL. not sure if it has anything to do with genetics...might just be her own unique paint job!

 

[HEChicken]

I hope its the RIR because I have one of them who will start laying in a month or so...

 

[gritsar]

Several of my brahma girls lay speckled egg from time to time. With them at least it doesn't seem to be a genetics things - I don't know much about genetics, but it seems to me if it were genetics it would happen more frequently. It just happens.

 

[anthonyjames]

Well I currently have

2 Cochin
1 Plymouth Rocks
2 Austrolaps
2 Star Reds
2 Buckeyes
2 Speckled Sussex

That all lay brown eggs. I get 3 or 4 with spots on them like that. could be any of them. Good luck on your search

 

[stephhassler]

Oh -- that reminds me - I also have a buff brahma - maybe it's her? Whoever it is, she lays it daily, not just every once in while.

 

[mrstiffanymayer]

My plymouth barred rock lays eggs EGGSACTLY like that

 

[chicks4kids]

Several of my Barred Rocks lay eggs like this-not consistently speckled-but of and on.

 

[Mandalina]

my BR's lay a lighter brown speckled egg and my New Hampshire lays a darker brown very speckled egg that looks a ton like that one.