I got another new egg today:
It's HUGE! (The brown one in the top row middle.)
It was there first thing, and I figured it was Jenny's (my Barred Rock) because of its size, but it's color was too dark for Jenny. Then just now I was out there and Jenny was in the nest along with her regular colored egg. Can a pullet jump to such a large size egg right off the bat? (Say Aggie or Blossom?) Or is it more likely that after a week of laying small eggs, Elizabeth jumped up to what will be her normal size will be?
It's hard to see in the photo, but it is much darker than Jenny's egg, which is the one next to it on the right. It is the exact same color and texture as Elizabeth's eggs are, when they are not soft shelled. Which by the way, there was also another small brown egg first thing that looked good, but was partially soft on closer inspection. I figured that was Elizabeth's egg when I found it. But now I think the giant one might be Elizabeth's. Peppermint didn't lay her egg yesterday, so the early soft shell one could actually be hers, just late.
Well, it's all very exciting, but I guess I'll have to wait to gather more evidence before I know whose is whose. But this giant one has got to be either RIR or Wyandotte, cuz I don't think it looks like a Marans egg.
It's HUGE! (The brown one in the top row middle.)
It was there first thing, and I figured it was Jenny's (my Barred Rock) because of its size, but it's color was too dark for Jenny. Then just now I was out there and Jenny was in the nest along with her regular colored egg. Can a pullet jump to such a large size egg right off the bat? (Say Aggie or Blossom?) Or is it more likely that after a week of laying small eggs, Elizabeth jumped up to what will be her normal size will be?
It's hard to see in the photo, but it is much darker than Jenny's egg, which is the one next to it on the right. It is the exact same color and texture as Elizabeth's eggs are, when they are not soft shelled. Which by the way, there was also another small brown egg first thing that looked good, but was partially soft on closer inspection. I figured that was Elizabeth's egg when I found it. But now I think the giant one might be Elizabeth's. Peppermint didn't lay her egg yesterday, so the early soft shell one could actually be hers, just late.
Well, it's all very exciting, but I guess I'll have to wait to gather more evidence before I know whose is whose. But this giant one has got to be either RIR or Wyandotte, cuz I don't think it looks like a Marans egg.
Her hatch date was June 11, 2012.
