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drstratton
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I'm sure she was! I wish I would have heard her after she laid, so I could tell which one it was! Thank you!I bet the chicken that played it was pretty proud too, congratulations
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drstratton
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One more update before I go to sleep. I went out to make sure that everyone was in the coop & to check the nesting boxes again...low and behold I found a green egg! I don't know if it's from my EE's or my Sapphire Olive Egger. It's smaller than the tan egg 31g compared to 41g, I should have weighed the white egg just for reference! I'm going to continue to weigh them until they reach full size, just because I'm curious! This is so fun!
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This story keeps getting better! I was out this morning, before anyone was up and I found 2 more eggs! One in the pen by the water and one in the free range pen! So I'm counting them all as my first eggs from yesterday, but those 2 could have been laid a few days before...I just don't know, since I was gone!
The largest egg is from one of my Welsummer's, I'm almost certain anyway, do to the speckled nature of it!
The largest egg is from one of my Welsummer's, I'm almost certain anyway, do to the speckled nature of it!
Bruce
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It could certainly be a Welsummer egg. Do you have any other girls that would lay a dark egg?
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drstratton
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My Marans will lay dark reddish brown eggs, but I'm pretty certain my Welsummers are the only ones that lay the the ones with all of the speckles!
Bruce
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My Welsummers sometimes have speckles sometimes not. One of the Barred Rocks will sometimes speckle an egg but the base color isn't as dark. I've not had any Marans so I can't comment on them.
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Thank you...that is good to know! I don't believe the Marans are supposed to have speckles...I can't wait until they start laying...it could be a couple more weeks, then we will have a better idea! So far no eggs today!
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drstratton
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Look what my Welsummer laid for me, a double yoker...well this one's for Dale...it's breakfast for dinner!
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We've been house sitting for our son since Thursday & working on a few projects, they just listed their house, hopefully it will sell quickly. Anyway, I messaged my oldest son to let him know that we wouldn't be home until tomorrow & asked him if he'd gotten many eggs. He said, a few! About an hour later he messaged me and told me that he was going to shoot my rooster. Evidently one of my hens keeps laying her eggs in the pen & he was picking it up, when Roo 2 decided to attack him. He left a pretty good cut on the back of his hand. This makes me really sad, I need to trust that my chickens aren't going to attack him as he is in charge of the animals while we are gone! I will see how he does when I get home, but we might not be able to keep him.
Bruce
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The rooster needs to learn that he is not #1 in the "flock" when it comes to humans.
