10 week old pullet laying a fairy egg?

[TrailsideFarmRI]

Could it be possible?
I have an established flock of astralorps (age 2) and this year introduced some maran and redstar chicks.
The chicks are 10 weeks old, and have been with the laying flock since 5 weeks. Still on chick feed.

This morning, i went to get eggs and found a deep brown fairy egg. Is it possible one of my marans pullets is already laying?! Or did one of my astralorp lay a super dark oopsie? None of the pullets have combs or waddles yet. They’re so young, I’m baffled

 

[MysteryChicken]

Fairy eggs are typically a darker shade of brown, since there's less area to cover.

 

[GodLovesU]

I did a little research and the breeds that start the earliest (which are not your breeds) don’t start laying until at least 14 weeks

 

[TrailsideFarmRI]

Fairy eggs are typically a darker shade of brown, since there's less area to cover.

That makes sense. It must have been a lorp!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Yeah there’s no way they would start that young. It was one of the Australorps.

 

[sybonbon]

Could it be possible?
I have an established flock of astralorps (age 2) and this year introduced some maran and redstar chicks.
The chicks are 10 weeks old, and have been with the laying flock since 5 weeks. Still on chick feed.

This morning, i went to get eggs and found a deep brown fairy egg. Is it possible one of my marans pullets is already laying?! Or did one of my astralorp lay a super dark oopsie? None of the pullets have combs or waddles yet. They’re so young, I’m baffled

Red Stars are very similar to my Golden Comets. I bought 6 last year. One lays only fairy eggs about 3 times a week. The high production sex linked breeds often have reproduction problems. So if they were old enough, my guess is the Red Star. But 10 weeks old is too young.