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Unless the hen lays with their butt toward the opening, I doubt it. My nesting boxes are rubbermaid totes with a hole cut out one of the short sides :) If I see them in there, I don't open the lid because I don't want them to freak out while laying and associate the nest box with fear...

These weren't just stuck- I had to scratch them off the egg with my nails even after I got it wet O.o

Does that mean I waited too long to collect it? And do you store them in the fridge hay bits and all til it's time to cook them? I've only been washing directly before cooking but I was hesitant to put such a dirty egg into the carton.

Don't get me wrong- it is :) I am just planning on selling the extras to pay for their feed eventually, and given how dark 11 of them are, I wasn't expecting the pale or heavily speckled one- and I wasn't expecting orange at all! I'll let y'all know how it tastes tomorrow morning :) I did have...

How is something they ate influencing eggshell color? I thought that was a natural pigment secreted in their shell gland?

Had some trouble getting my camera to get an accurate color exposure shot, but this was the best I can do. All are eggs from my 12 RIR pullets. Bottom 4 were funky- one had as much brown as white (heavily speckled), two were very, very pale, and the one on the right bottom is the orange...

Hang on. I will post a pic in a few minutes.

Hello all! So I got 7 eggs out of 12 RIR pullets (23 weeks old)-woohoo! Anyway, I had a couple of funkies that were surprising. Egg #1 was found outside in the run (which was odd because there is no secluded area in there- someone speculated the new layer got caught off guard). It was very...