Is this a Leghorn Egg?

[Faraday40]

Leghorn egg???

The large egg is from Tillie- our leghorn hen.

The smaller egg is either from our Sebright (a bantam) or from our leghorn pullet - named Millie, hatched May1st.

Millie's comb grew & turned red over the past month. BUT these new round eggs have a tiny hint of color. Can Leghorns eggs have a bit of color in the start of the cycle? The color is right for the Sebright's egg, but it's a bit on the large side. (I also don't remember her eggs being so round.) We've been getting one of these round eggs per day. Here are the eggs from the past 3 days:

Millie: (taken last week)

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I had two White Leghorns and I couldn't tell them apart in looks but one laid a pure white egg and the other a slightly tinted white egg. She still lays slightly tinted eggs so it didn't go away. It's very possible the egg is from your pullet. They both started laying right around 4 months as well so it sounds about right!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Sure is from the pullet might get larger but the color will stay the same

 

[slordaz]

shape of egg has to do with individual chicken reproductive system, and if they have worked all the kinks out about laying, looks like one of the pullets started laying. they don't even always lay the exact same shade even sometimes. but both brown and white egg layers can lay different shades close to what you would normally expect. I had 2 leg horns in a flock and you could definitely even though they were both white tell who laid which egg.

 

[Faraday40]

Great! I was hoping it was the Leghorn pullet but the color really threw me. I was told they only lay white, and these eggs are what I'd call white-ish.

Most of our chickens are either molting, broody, or not yet at point of lay. Not sure what it would mean if it was my 4.5 yr old Sebright who all of a sudden increased her egg size & production.

 

[slordaz]

Great! I was hoping it was the Leghorn pullet but the color really threw me. I was told they only lay white, and these eggs are what I'd call white-ish.

Most of our chickens are either molting, broody, or not yet at point of lay. Not sure what it would mean if it was my 4.5 yr old Sebright who all of a sudden increased her egg size & production.

even white there are varying shades , they like to make us think we are loosing our minds some days lol.

 

[sealer39]

I have three WLH pullets this year and one of them started laying an off-white egg. Had me confused also. After she laid a few eggs they became pure white.

 

[Faraday40]

I have three WLH pullets this year and one of them started laying an off-white egg. Had me confused also. After she laid a few eggs they became pure white.

I guess it's like how the brown layers fade over the season. My sebright lays a brown tint egg that fades to white-ish by the fall.

Our 1st Leghorn is amazing! She started laying last year - mid September- & hasn't missed a day since. (I actually record the eggs each day, so I wanted to know who to credit for these different little eggs. ) The 1st Leghorn really does need to molt so it's good to know that the back up Leghorn will keep us in eggs whenever she decides to take a break.

 

[Ted_Harrell]

I have two ideal236(leghorn hybrids) and they have yet to lay. They are a little young yet, but if they layed an egg that size I would be proud and a little worried for their hind end at the same time.

 

[Compost King]

Leghorns are laying machines that forage so well that they eat little feed. They also do well in confinement (if you can keep them confined). Probably my favorite egg laying breed. I did noticed that mine slowed down in winter a little bit I went from 50 eggs a day to 40 eggs a day and towards the end of December I had 35 eggs day (back when I had 60 leghorns)
A lot of people do not like leghorns because they are noisy, flighty, escape artists who are not very affectionate (although I found they can be if you give them treats often enough). I love all those negatives so but the escape artist part did overwhelm me at times.

I have two ideal236(leghorn hybrids) and they have yet to lay. They are a little young yet, but if they layed an egg that size I would be proud and a little worried for their hind end at the same time.

Be worried! they should lay awfully large eggs and so often that they might wear out their vents. Actually I wouldn't worry because its something that will happen if it happens and you can't do much more than make their lives happy while they are productive.