AndreaT Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Another of my girls is finally laying (2 out of 6 isn't bad I guess ) but I haven't figured out which one it is! They are still very small (45g) and not pure white, it's more of an off white but not quite cream. I think it is my leghorn as she has a very large floppy comb and the others haven't really gone red yet except one and she's a maran cross so I'm hoping hers will be dark! So my question is how white is a white egg? Could it be the leghorn or I'm I going to have to do an egg watch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I used to have a gold campine who laid pure white eggs. I expected the same from my white leghorn but they didn't seem to be as white. However now I only have white leghorns, they do seem very white! (if that makes sense ) But I also once bought a white leghorn who wasn't, and she did lay very pale cream eggs. Turned out she was a coral nick - very similar to the white leghorn. If your leghorn has the biggest comb, she does sound like the culprit, but I'd do an egg watch to be sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essexhen Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Hi Andrea, I have a Leghorn/Bovan white hybrid and she lays very large very white eggs. I also have a pure Leghorn but no eggs so far as she's still quite young - if she lays soon I'll update with the colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreaT Posted October 30, 2011 Author Share Posted October 30, 2011 Thank you both. I think it is the leghorn. She seems to be in and out of the coop a lot and she crouched yesterday when I tried to stroke her! First time any of mine have done that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS1 Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 First egg from my leghorn yesterday Quite large (and with a small streak of blood, bless her) and sort of a parchment white, if we're getting all paint-sampley! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sari Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 My Leghorn lays the most beautiful white eggs. Huge, and once or twice spherical, poor girl! They seem to glow from within, and have some speckles of an absolute white on them.....can't wait til she starts to lay again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS1 Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Turned out my leghorn's large first egg (see above) was a double yolker - two perfectly-formed small pullet egg-sized yolks She has since laid two more, the second also had a little blood on the shell, but today's is clean, thank goodness. They were more the size I was expecting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
