Brown egg layer laying white eggs

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columbiacritter

columbiacritter

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I have 5 hens, wyandottes and orps,, all brown egg layers, but one of them is now laying eggs that are so pale I'd call them ivory, no where near brown. THe eggs are otherwise normal size and appearance. They all were laying normally tinted eggs earlier.

Is this a symptom of a problem or just a natural change?
 
It is not a problem at all because eggs color has to do with the (I think the blood of the chicken) and I have a Barred rock hen she never layed a brown egg, her eggs look like white.
But so long the eggs look healthy to you and have a strong shell, then everything is fine.

merry christmas.

Omran
 
You sure they are purebred? If they are you just have one laying really light brown eggs. Egg color is genetic in chickens not a sign of health and the eggs tend to get lighter as they get older.
 
I have a hen that does the same thing. Her eggs are cream colored instead of brown and they are twice the size of all the others. She lays everyday though and is one of my best hens.
 
One of my brown egg layers eggs started getting lighter as it started getting colder, now they are almost totally white. I wonder if after it warms up they will darken again.
 
I am sure if you put it next to a real white egg, you would see it is maybe creamy colored, not really white.

My new RIR girls started laying and the eggs are pale brown.
 

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