Henergy Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 We have a gorgeous POL Speckledy who this week started laying - her first egg was a small but perfectly formed dark brown speckled egg. Then she laid another two tinys, but each one getting paler. Today her egg (assumed to be her as she was in the nestbox for very long time) is full size & plain beige with a couple of spots (in fact identical to our Blacktail egg but shes in moult & hasn't been near the nest box). Is it normal for the colour to keep changing & will she likely go back to darker eggs, or is this unlikely. We were so looking forward to a contrast to our plain beiges that we get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 I've got a welsummer/maran x tnn pullet whos been laying for about 8 weeks and her egg colour varries with every egg anything from a darkish brownto speckled to washed out faded brown yet her mums egg colour hasn't changed that much since she stated to lay christmas always dark brown thats when shes not broody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henergy Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 And more confusion this morning - 2 eggs and 3 chickens hovering by the nest box. I think maybe its time to admit defeat & keep a tally of simply eggs rather than who laid what!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 The speckledy is a hybrid of a dark egg laying maran and a standard brown egg layer. In theory they are supposed to lay a dark brown egg (not speckled) but in practice they can lay anything from light to dark brown. Any brown egg layer can lay a speckled egg, I've had them from a pepperpot, a ranger and a speckledy. Although the first few eggs laid may be smaller and deeper in colour, normally the colouring and shape of a hen's egg tends to stay quite consistent throughout it's life (although you always get the odd one who likes to be different!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 (edited) now this is my idea of a selection of speckled eggs - laid by my Higgledy Harriet Hens Edited trying to learn how to post photos Edited December 5, 2011 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henergy Posted September 5, 2011 Author Share Posted September 5, 2011 Lovely eggs. Wel my Speckeldy is going to be a normal brown layer it seems, however, I can tell her eggs as they are always more glossy than the others & larger too. So My aim of coloured eggs didn't quite work, especially as the Devon Rock who apparently lays green eggs is refusing to lay !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
