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post #41 of 52

I have a JG that lays an almost pinkish/lavander egg with tiny white speckles on it. I don't have any pictures, though. They are BIG, too. I put one in an egg carton and saw it later and thought I put in in upside down!

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post #42 of 52

My Black star will occasionally lay a very speckled egg.  It looks like there's little mud drops all over it.  But she's not consistant.  Since this is my first time with chickens, I don't know if that's normal, or, since she's a new layer, if she's still getting everything worked out.  (She laid her first egg back in December).

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http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/52078_spot.jpg

Same RIR layer.  Before eating dried cranberries and after.  Did not feed any this morning so her egg will probably not have spots.  Took me a while to catch on.  Works with grapes as well.  Anyone else tried this, or am I just imagining this?

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http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/52078_spot.jpg

Same RIR layer.  Before eating dried cranberries and after.  Did not feed any this morning so her egg will probably not have spots.  Took me a while to catch on.  Works with grapes as well.  Anyone else tried this, or am I just imagining this?


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post #45 of 52

I have these speckled brown eggs from my welsummers also but I'm wondering why do I have the same rust colored spots on the whites inside? It doesn't look like a regular bloody egg would look and this has been happening the whole time she has been laying... approximately 6-7 weeks???

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I'm with the other poster who askedwhy would you try to wash the speckles off?

I am just starting to sell my eggs, and the more interesting they look in comparison to the grocery store boring white eggs, the more people seem to want them. Which leads me to another question: Do any of you wash your eggs at all? Since I just started selling, I thought I would ask. I don't wash mine for my own consumption, because I read that the bloom is an antibacterial coating, and if you wash it off, the bacteria can get through the porous egg shell. But shouldn't I at least wipe off the poo that gets on some of the eggs?

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post #47 of 52
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Originally Posted by Hollowaysix 

I have these speckled brown eggs from my welsummers also but I'm wondering why do I have the same rust colored spots on the whites inside? It doesn't look like a regular bloody egg would look and this has been happening the whole time she has been laying... approximately 6-7 weeks???


You may be seeing "meat spots" rather than blood spots.  I had a hen that, about 90% of the time, laid eggs with meat spots in them.  I recognized her eggs, so always used them myself rather than selling for eating eggs.  (Meat spots won't hurt you to eat them along with the egg, but many folks sort of wrinkle their noses at them.)

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Originally Posted by LestersFlat 

I'm with the other poster who askedwhy would you try to wash the speckles off?

I am just starting to sell my eggs, and the more interesting they look in comparison to the grocery store boring white eggs, the more people seem to want them. Which leads me to another question: Do any of you wash your eggs at all? Since I just started selling, I thought I would ask. I don't wash mine for my own consumption, because I read that the bloom is an antibacterial coating, and if you wash it off, the bacteria can get through the porous egg shell. But shouldn't I at least wipe off the poo that gets on some of the eggs?


I dunno why you'd want to wash off the speckles - speckles rock!  thumbsup

As far as washing them, I only wash if they are dirty.  Folks don't want dirty eating eggs.

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post #49 of 52
I am checking back in. To my great excitement, one of my Marans hens laid an egg yesterday after her three month hiatus. The egg was not dark, but rather was heavily speckled. When she was laying last season, they had been lovely dark eggs. I have no idea what the difference is?
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post #50 of 52

I get the exact eggs and thought it was from my wyandotte hens, but since separating them, discovered it isn't.  what is the breed of hen you have that lays this egg.  thanks!

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