Brown egg with white speckles?

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I just found this egg, which I’m pretty sure is the first egg from one of my younger chickens. I’ve never seen anything like it before. I’ve heard of brown and green eggs with brown speckles, but never a brown egg with white speckles…does this indicate a problem with the hen? Some kind of calcium thing? She seems healthy otherwise.
 

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I just found this egg, which I’m pretty sure is the first egg from one of my younger chickens. I’ve never seen anything like it before. I’ve heard of brown and green eggs with brown speckles, but never a brown egg with white speckles…does this indicate a problem with the hen? Some kind of calcium thing? She seems healthy otherwise.
Could be excess calcium or excess bloom.
Probably a new layer glitch, time will tell.

'Speckled' eggs can happen for several different reasons...very few, if any, of which are a 'problem'.
Can be caused by:
Excess or uneven pigment coating.
Excess or uneven cuticle(bloom).
Excess calcium deposits.
Porous eggs can appear speckled.
Some birds lay them consistently, some only once in awhile.
The pigment or bloom can change appearance when wet, then change back when dry again.
 

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