Whose egg is it?

[slurrywidow]

Hi,


I adopted a flock of 5 hens a few weeks ago. I'm pretty sure 4 of them are laying, and one is just finishing her molt. Last week I started getting a small egg, very light brown and much more pointedly "egg-shaped" than the other medium brown eggs I'm used to seeing. My layers are a Barred Rock, RIR, Speckled Sussex and Brahma.

I know pictures would be ideal but I'm on dial-up and not picture uploading friendly.

Thanks for any help. I've tried researching it myself but all the info I see says all my girls should lay about the same type egg. I think?

New to this, but having a blast!

 

[Illia]

Generally yes, they lay about the same. And honestly, yours being hatchery-based as most hens are out there. . . They can vary quite a bit too, so the key is for you to find out yourself, as your own hens may have their own specific traits.

For example, I have a Brahma with speckled eggs and a matte surface, one with a glossy surface and striations through the eggs, and another (passed away) who had a big rough blotch of pink on the top of every egg she laid.

 

[SJchicks]

My Barred Rock's eggs are more golden brown and slimmer and more pointed at the top than my Orpington's. (My EE's eggs are easy to identify!)

 

[slurrywidow]

Thanks for the responses. I took what Illia said to heart and found out for myself!

I just sat by the coop for a looooooonnng time and now I know the mystery layer is my speckled sussex. Little egg for one of my bigger girls.