Wyandotte Egg Color

[RustyBucketFarmGirl]

My gold laced Wyandotte’s both layvery light eggs. Almost tinted just beige. And oddly enough i agree with @Compost King that they appear to have a light chalky dusting over them.

 

[MissChick@dee]

Thinking Wyandotte eggs are normally described as a medium brown. One of my Dottes laid a decently dark egg, though, and they were sometimes speckled!
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~Alex

Those are so pretty kinda looks like a sting of Christmas lights

 

[MissChick@dee]

My gold laced Wyandotte’s both layvery light eggs. Almost tinted just beige. And oddly enough i agree with @Compost King that they appear to have a light chalky dusting over them.

Mine have a matte finish too.

 

[Madie'sOddFlock]

Thanks @RustyBucketFarmGirl @Compost King @EggWalrus and @ChickNanny13
Although, the reason I haven't checked her vent is because 1. she's my hardest hen to catch, and 2. she's the rudest of them all(even more so than my roos...)

 

[aart]

Although, the reason I haven't checked her vent is because 1. she's my hardest hen to catch, and 2. she's the rudest of them all(even more so than my roos...)

But maybe her attitude could benefit a bit from me checking her vent.

Do it at night well after dark, pretty easy to 'catch' them off the roost.
I wear a headlight so I can use both hands.
You may still have to catch them 'in the act' of laying to confirm who is laying which egg.

 

[Madie'sOddFlock]

Do it at night well after dark, pretty easy to 'catch' them off the roost.
I wear a headlight so I can use both hands.
You may still have to catch them 'in the act' of laying to confirm who is laying which egg.

Well, she's the only brown egg layer old enough out of my 14 to be laying, but we'll see. And thanks for the tip about the dark. I knew that and I completely forgot about it.

 

[aart]

Well, she's the only brown egg layer old enough out of my 14 to be laying, but we'll see. And thanks for the tip about the dark. I knew that and I completely forgot about it.

Perfect time to learn to do butt checks, you can compare layer to non-layers.
Not that it will be the end all to knowing who is laying or not,
bones can spread a week or so before laying commences,
but great way to learn general 'normal' anatomy in case something abnormal comes along in the future.

 

[Alexandra33]

Those are so pretty kinda looks like a sting of Christmas lights

Just in time for Christmas!

~Alex

 

[EggWalrus]

You may still have to catch them 'in the act' of laying to confirm who is laying which egg.

Unless you go to the dollar store and by some ghetto blue, green or orange lipstick!


Or some food coloring.

 

[Madie'sOddFlock]

I was just thinking:
Has anyone had experience with using the lipstick thing to figure out which hen an egg is from for breeding purposes?