jennym Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Hello! I'm very proud of my lovely ladies, who are great fun and have now started giving me an egg per day since Tuesday. The problem is I don't know who is doing it! I have 3 eggs - day 1 egg looks a bit different from day 2 & 3, which are pretty much identical. I have 3 different hens . Now I know they all lay brown eggs but they are described a little bit differently - Pepperpot eggs are 'tinted', Bluebelle eggs have a 'blush'. But I'm afraid that isn't helping me figure out whodunit. I suspect either the Pepperpot or the Gingernut, as the Bluebelle still has quite dark legs and her comb & wattles are very grey, with no sign of red. Here are the eggs - day 1 on the right, day 2 & 3 on the left. Day 1 is 42g, day 2 is 44g, and day 3 is 46g. I'm not sure how obvious it is in the photos but the day 1 egg is a bit darker and quite speckeld. Day 2 & 3 are almost identical. Any guesses? Do you think day 1 is a different hen or is it possible for a hen to lay slightly different eggs on different days (particularly on her first day)? Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Think you'll have to spend the weekend seeing who goes in the nestbox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennym Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 I was afraid of that... Still, there are worse ways to spend a weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurmurf Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 mostin sprayed her chickens' vents with food colouring so that she could see who laid which egg.... sadly she forgot to make a note of which hen she sprayed with which colour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfin Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 mostin sprayed her chickens' vents with food colouring so that she could see who laid which egg.... sadly she forgot to make a note of which hen she sprayed with which colour! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
