mrs chook Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 (edited) UPDATE - I have discovered a flower pot coloured 'malteser' in the run today, aw bless - so that's obviously Margot my speckled lady's first so the paler one (below) is cassie's , so now both girlies have started to lay - this week. An egg! I just went to let out the girls and lo and behold an egg in the newbies run! A whole 43g of loveliness and it hasn't been eaten ( reference to my naughty older girlies there!) Who would lay this colour tho? Any ideas? I thought speckledy's would be more terracotta and I thought Light Sussex's would be white Excuse the HUGE pic the egg looks pale beige in 'real life'. I was convinced that Cassie was going to be first, crouching, generally getting more vocal etc. Edited September 28, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickcluck Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 What an excellent surprise for you!!! I would go for one of your brown ones, my blacktail lays a similar colour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Kettle Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Hi - our light sussex lays v.pale eggs, so I think it's prob not her. Mrs K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs chook Posted September 24, 2008 Author Share Posted September 24, 2008 It must be speckledy then because the brown girlies were in their own run (they live alongside in eglu pairs) It's so exciting, and I'm so surprised she has beaten cassie to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 My DS has speckledy's and his lay that shade of brown eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 My speckledy's eggs are a very dark brown, and a bit speckled on the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs chook Posted September 25, 2008 Author Share Posted September 25, 2008 Am I right in thinking that cassie light sussex will lay white eggs?? If so then it must be margot the speckledy and maybe the eggs will 'darken up' in time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 My light sussex hybrid (Fenning Sussex) lays light brown eggs. They're sort of 'white person's flesh' colour. Sort of pale, pinky, tanny, but not what I'd call cream or white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
likeastar--x Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 sorry if ive got a bit confused but if you have a goldline that could have laid (i think thats what i see in the pic!) my goldlines first egg looked exactly like that - speckles n all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs chook Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 At last! After 12 weeks living the life of riley, my lovely young ladies have started to earn their keep yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
half dozen Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 my light sussex both lay light brown/beige eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen&Lee Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 Only jusy seen this. My Speckledy's first egg was a cream colour - the next 5 were one by one a shade darker than the day before until I finally got a dark shelled egg. I should have taken a picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs chook Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 Oh wow! I was expecting a white one from my sussex so was baffled, until today when it became obvious- oh yeah, and we got two eggs in the same run before they al lfree ranged , ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
