are white eggs always white?

[sevenbabychicks]

Kind of a dumb question, but I found an egg today (the second ever for my hens!) which looks white compared to a normal brown egg, but ever so slightly brownish (pinkish?) when set against my white counter-top. My hens include a lakenvelder, andalusian, faverolle, EE, jersey giant, and a mixed breed something or other who looks to have some rosecomb bantam in her. Any thoughts?

 

[Sumatra55]

no the color of eggs can vary slightly from day to day, and Cream colored eggs are very common, they look white beside brown ones until you put them beside a true white one. EE chickens can also lay various shades of pink, green, and blue. So your brownish/pinkish egg is not out of the ordinary.

 

[BellevueOmlet]

I agree. They vary and it depends what you compare to but they do not "change"

 

[sevenbabychicks]

Thanks! I've never had white egg layers before, and didn't really know what to expect. Do white egg-layers ever lay tinted eggs?