pink egg

One of my ladies, an Easter Egger from a green-laying EE x BCM, laid the egg on the far left. BCM egg from the sire's line and a pinkish-brown egg from her sister included for contrast. Love that bloom! 💜

I've been collecting these little cream coloured eggs since I added my new Black Mottled Orpingtons to the flock. One of the larger girls, Agatha (June hatch, left in picture), laid when they were all separate so I know her eggs. Then I got a similar egg from her sister with less bloom. And then...

In my budding obsession with egg colors and all the factors influencing them, I have scoured the forums for information about blooms, but beyond knowing the purpose (sealing the egg to prevent bacterial contamination or moisture loss), I've found very little info. I know that bloom thickness...