nutterly_uts Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 i have 3 definatly female chickens (light sussex, asbo bantam and a silkie) and a not sure as it looks much more male but it doesn't crow (silkie) I on average get 3 eggs a day, but have had a couple of 4 egg days and normally all my eggs are white, or slightly off white. Today I had a largish brown egg, and I'm highly confused. Silkies definately lay white eggs, and I though light sussex did too? and then my bantam is white, so she should lay white eggs? This is my bantam http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b345/tomcat1/HappyHens039.jpg and this is the ?male silkie http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b345/tomcat1/HappyHens040.jpg with my known female one for comparison http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b345/tomcat1/HappyHens022.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 I would say the layer of the brown egg is the white chicken in the top pic. Is that the sussex? Only it doesn't look like a sussex either! Sussex lay a light brown egg, so it wouldn't be unusual to occasionally get a darker brown one. Also she has red ear lobes so I expect her to lay brown eggs. Or is she the bantam and the black fluffy one one of the silkies. Sorry, bit confused! Just looked again, the white hen also has white legs, so am assuming that that is the sussex, in which case she is a white sussex rather than a light sussex (lights have the black feathers around their neck and in their tails ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutterly_uts Posted January 25, 2009 Author Share Posted January 25, 2009 The white chicken in the top pic is my bantam of unknown origin This is my sussex http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b345/tomcat1/HappyHens009.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Ah yes, definitely a light sussex! It could be her or the bantie then, as they should both lay brown eggs - red ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutterly_uts Posted January 25, 2009 Author Share Posted January 25, 2009 Thanks that explains a bit more! I swear my chickens enjoy making my head hurt. They are good at doing unexpected things to play mind games!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
