Janty Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 After weeks of despair and jokes from work colleagues (and the butcher every time we went to buy eggs) we have our first egg. Not sure who is responsible though. Was it Sporty Spice? Red comb lately, showing all the signs. However, the egg is dark brown and I am sure that the breeder at Merrydale said that her eggs would be cream. Was it Ginger Spice? Another hybrid. Breeder said that she would lay brown eggs. Could be!!! Or (slightly radical theory here) could it be Scary Spice, the Cochin? She is the only one out of the pure breeds who is old enough. However, what colour eggs do splash cochins lay? I don't know. It is a small egg (47g). Is this because it's the first one from one of the hybrids or is it a little cochin egg? Has anybody got any experience with cochins laying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 No experience with Cochins, but our 3 pure breeds (28 weeks old) are all laying and they are really small eggs. When my 'old' Omlet girls started laying they were small too. They do get bigger as they get older.......Shirley now lays torpedo whopper eggs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Congratulations . Now you'll have to wait till all the others start before you have a chance of working it out! (Unless you can catch the culprit at it .) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted December 5, 2007 Author Share Posted December 5, 2007 Problem solved. I have just called the breeder where I bought my girls. The egg was laid by Ginger Spice who is a Merrydale Copper Black hen. She is a Maran based hybrid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little chickadee Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Hurrah - pleased for you, but so jealous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted December 5, 2007 Author Share Posted December 5, 2007 I was exactly the same last week when everybody was posting 'first egg' messages. I had the 'come on girls' chat several times. Neighbours think I'm barking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Has anybody got any experience with cochins laying? All I know is the eggs can be light brown/brown and medium sized. I dont expect many from my cochins though! I saw on one forum a lady had a 6 year old cochin who was still laying a few eggs a week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChookieCaz Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 We have also had a first egg today It is dark brown and small. I'm puzzled as to whether it is Rosie (Roadrunner) or Pepper. It is the colour that Henrietta used to lay, but Rosie's comb is more developed than Pepper's. Both girls have been crouching for around a week now, so I've been expecting eggs from them. As for Henrietta and Lizzie, I don't know if they will lay again and it was too small and dark to be Lizzie's anyway. Does anyone know if Gingernut Rangers' eggs are always paler than Miss Pepperpots' eggs, or if it was only that way with our first hens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Does anyone know if Gingernut Rangers' eggs are always paler than Miss Pepperpots' eggs, or if it was only that way with our first hens My original Babs laid smaller dark eggs, the two s eggs are always bigger and much paler. Laverne's ( ) eggs are almost white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
