rhode island egg colour?

[janeyo]

Am trying to wor out if the Rhode Island (Edwina)is laying. One of the hens is laying a 70gish dark brown egg about once a weekish. Could that be hers? Don't recognise it as one of my old girls' eggs )sad I know recognising the eggs lol)
She has not bene with her cockeral for a month or so since we got her and she had a few probs settling in but seems to be quite high up the pecking order, presumably as she is so big lol, bu would love to know if she's laying.

I am told she was laying before in her old home, but the owners were, quite frankly, useless so not believing a word they said lol

[Bephlam]

chocolate brown or just light brown?

[its hilly]

According to Hendersons chicken breed chart..a rich medium brown.

[janeyo]

They are medium brown. Way darker than anythign my bettery looking' hens lay or the black rock whose are v pale. The white one lays white eggs so that's easy!
I would say they are like plant pot brown.

[RichmondHens]

We used to keep Rhodies but the last old one met her maker a couple of years ago. They laid pale "tinted" eggs, certainly not dark or even mid brown.