Wyandotte Egg Color

[aart]

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?

There's a lot of talktalktalkyukyukyuk about lipstick,
but I do not recall many (or really anyone) actually doing it.

 

[Better Than Rubies]

My Silver Laced Wyandotte laid (I say 'laid' because she hasn't lain an egg since earliesh November) a creamy (brown?) colored egg often with a pink hue, and teeny white speckles/dots all over it. Her eggs, while perfectly shaped, are also on the small to medium side.

Even though all my hens laying are brown egg layers, I have a nice assortment in the brown shades.

 

[RustyBucketFarmGirl]

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...)

Isn’t that always the case! When i need to get a closer look at any of my girls they become super elusive and it takes me days to get ahold of them.

 

[EggWalrus]

Isn’t that always the case! When i need to get a closer look at any of my girls they become super elusive and it takes me days to get ahold of them.

You just gotta wait it after dark, once they put themselves to bed, then you can just pick them up off the roost. That is unless they are tree chickens!

 

[EggWalrus]

There's a lot of talktalktalkyukyukyuk about lipstick,
but I do not recall many (or really anyone) actually doing it.

I cut a little sliver of lipstick off and stuck it in one's vent once. Her body heat must have melted it, cause for the next 2 days you could see it on the eggs and in the poo. I think food coloring might work better but I haven't tried it yet. But I'm about to. I have 3 Ameraucana hens with bright red faces that are 10 months old and ain't seen a blue egg yet from them. Haven't seen any eggs for that much. I think a drop or two of blue in the old wazoo might let me know if they are holding back till spring. And if they are laying those tinted eggs, ill at least get a couple blue eggs from them.

 

[Mikee1948]

How long did it take for them to start laying? I purchased two chicks back in March and neither one is ready to lay.

 

[RustyBucketFarmGirl]

You just gotta wait it after dark, once they put themselves to bed, then you can just pick them up off the roost. That is unless they are tree chickens!

I will have to try this. We don’t have electric anywhere near it though. But i am surprised i never thought of that. Lol. Thanks!

 

[RustyBucketFarmGirl]

How long did it take for them to start laying? I purchased two chicks back in March and neither one is ready to lay.

Hmm. That seems odd. My hatch date was almost the end of april and they all started by November. Mixed breeds so it varied. Some August and some into November.

What breed are they?

 

[EggWalrus]

How long did it take for them to start laying? I purchased two chicks back in March and neither one is ready to lay.

Mine are at least 10 months old now and haven't seen a single egg from them. I haven't seen none of the 3 in the nest, squatting, or even practicing. Their faces and little combs are bright red and have been for 3-4 months. I reckon they are gonna wait till spring?

 

[Mikee1948]

Silver Laced Wyandottes, 9 months old now.