What color are Easter eggers eggs?

this is my first year with chickens and I thought that my Easter egger was suppose to lay blue/green eggs ? This is only my second egg from her but they are brown.. Will they ever change to blue/green? Thanks for your help and advice in advance!

Nope, the eggs from a hen don't change color, sorry. A hen's egg color is genetic and may vary slightly in shade over the course of her life, but a brown egg layer will always lay brown eggs. bummer you didn't get the blue/green you were hoping for.....but that's always a reason to buy more chicks next spring

Quite true; your EE's eggs won't switch over to blue/green if she starts out laying brown. Not all EEs lay blue or green, and for example, my Ava lays pink.

-Alex

Donrae thanks for your response! It's a shame they aren't blue/green but I'm sure they will still taste great !!

donrae said:

Nope, the eggs from a hen don't change color, sorry. A hen's egg color is genetic and may vary slightly in shade over the course of her life, but a brown egg layer will always lay brown eggs. bummer you didn't get the blue/green you were hoping for.....but that's always a reason to buy more chicks next spring

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Some of us don't have the option of getting more chickens the next spring. We have very low number limits so when this type of thing happens, it beyond disappointing and frustrating. I'm going a flock of 2 1/2 month old Ameraucanas Easter Eggers, a hybrid with one Ameraucana parent and the hens lay blue eggs. Is there some way to tell if they will lay brown eggs at this age? I really want a bird that lays an assortment of shades of color. I thought that's what EE did. I had no idea that they would lay a specific color only, and one shade, just like all the rest of the breeds. If this is so, what makes an EE an EE? The name implies multiple shades of colors.

Lisa

As a group, easter eggers will lay a variety of colors. But a single bird will only lay a single color. A flock of easter eggers can lay an easter basket of colors.

Whew, .i was expecting Nixie our EE to lay her first egg. She laid a light green tint as I was reading these posts.
I understand how disappointing had she laid a tan or white egg,

Also, the overall color of each egg does not change, but there are slight variations; especially when put next to each other.

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Some of us don't have the option of getting more chickens the next spring. We have very low number limits so when this type of thing happens, it beyond disappointing and frustrating. I'm going a flock of 2 1/2 month old Ameraucanas Easter Eggers, a hybrid with one Ameraucana parent and the hens lay blue eggs. Is there some way to tell if they will lay brown eggs at this age? I really want a bird that lays an assortment of shades of color. I thought that's what EE did. I had no idea that they would lay a specific color only, and one shade, just like all the rest of the breeds. If this is so, what makes an EE an EE? The name implies multiple shades of colors.

Lisa

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If they really are half pure Ameraucana, then they should lay either blue or green. The term Easter Egger refers to a non-purebred or non-standard chicken that carries the blue egg gene. They might lay blue, green, brown, pink, or cream eggs. Each hen will only lay one specific color, she will not lay a different color every day. There is no way to tell for sure what color a hen will lay, until she actually starts laying. The pea comb gene is usually inherited with the blue egg gene, when dealing with Ameraucana or Araucana mixes.
There are really only two genes for eggshell color, blue and white. Blue is dominant over white, so if it's present, it will express. Brown eggs are actually white eggshells with a brown 'coating.' Green eggs are the result of the brown 'coating' being applied to a blue eggshell. Pink and cream eggs are just shades of brown eggs. There are over 9 different genes for brown coating, and they can be combined to create the many, many different shades of brown and green that chickens can lay.

luvmychis said:

Some of us don't have the option of getting more chickens the next spring. We have very low number limits so when this type of thing happens, it beyond disappointing and frustrating. I'm going a flock of 2 1/2 month old Ameraucanas Easter Eggers, a hybrid with one Ameraucana parent and the hens lay blue eggs. Is there some way to tell if they will lay brown eggs at this age? I really want a bird that lays an assortment of shades of color. I thought that's what EE did. I had no idea that they would lay a specific color only, and one shade, just like all the rest of the breeds. If this is so, what makes an EE an EE? The name implies multiple shades of colors.

Lisa

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Sure you do. Sell some of the birds you currently have that you're not pleased with. Getting a chicken is not a life long binding contract. Folks sell laying hens all the time.

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Sure you do. Sell some of the birds you currently have that you're not pleased with. Getting a chicken is not a life long binding contract. Folks sell laying hens all the time.

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Donrae, I'm good with my flock. I found out before I bought an EE that it's a surprise to what color they lay for their lives. I would have been very disappointed and frustrated if I ended up with a hen that laid brown or white eggs. The whole point would have been for color. I'm sure that people sell their chickens, and that's what would have happened with me. It is, however, a lot of work and frustration to deal with, instead of one you're intergrating, it's one you're lookng to place. A lot of times, I see the responses to just keep it and get another chicken. That's not always possible.

Hubby and I decided to just do brown eggs for now, as we get used to all this. There's such a learning curve. SMH! I'm having fun reading the archieves. Later, as we replace our current birds, we can get EE and see how that goes.

Thanks for all your posts. I look forward to reading them. You've got quite the personality.
Lisa