Barred Rock started laying white eggs

[cjpines]

I'd up the protein....not that that will change the color of the coating on the egg......you're diluting the 16% with all the other stuff.

I like to feed an 'all flock' 20% protein crumble to all ages and genders. Makes life much simpler to store and distribute one type of chow that everyone can eat and have calcium available at all times for the layers, oyster shell mixed with rinsed, dried, crushed chicken egg shells in a separate container.
The higher protein crumble offsets the 8% protein scratch grains and other kitchen/garden scraps I like to offer.

Egg color can vary, and brown eggs can fade as the egg cycle goes on....or you could have a hen that has a faulty spray booth.
If she's only been laying for a couple months, the lighter color you're seeing now may be her 'natural color.
Pullet eggs can be darker because of ratio of size to coating and tuning the spray booth.

What is a spray booth? Something inside that colors the egg? Sorry, I'm really new to many things.

 

[aart]

All eggs have either blue or white based shells, the brown is applied as a coating in various shades and/or thicknesses.......the process has more details than that, but I don't know them off the top of my head.

It's tongue in cheek that I call it the 'spray booth' when I refer to that coating.

 

[jtn42248]

I have an 8 month old Barred Rock hen. She's been laying brown and now started to white eggs.

Does a diet make a difference. I give them veggies, fruit, kale and spinach, scratch and some noodles.

Could a molt cause this? Our flock of 4 have slowed down laying.

I have 5 Barred and 5 Partridge Rocks and their eggs have gotten progressively lighter until reaching a pale beige that passes as white. The only change is the shorter days here in West Texas. No diet or behavior changes at all. Also they are down from an egg a day each to 6 or 7 a day between the 10 of them.

 

[sunflour]

The pigment is added quite near the actual lay in the shell gland pouch. Brown egg layers add brown on top of the white and green eggers add brown on top of a blue colored shell.

HMMM, Seems if the egg moves thru the shell gland pouch too quickly it would be lighter , streaked or spotty?

 

[cjpines]

The pigment is added quite near the actual lay in the shell gland pouch. Brown egg layers add brown on top of the white and green eggers add brown on top of a blue colored shell.

HMMM, Seems if the egg moves thru the shell gland pouch too quickly it would be lighter , streaked or spotty?

Thank you. Good to know.

 

[cjpines]

I have 5 Barred and 5 Partridge Rocks and their eggs have gotten progressively lighter until reaching a pale beige that passes as white. The only change is the shorter days here in West Texas. No diet or behavior changes at all. Also they are down from an egg a day each to 6 or 7 a day between the 10 of them.

I guess it's just nature and we just have to go with it. I'm hoping not to buy eggs in a grocery store. I'm freezing some, not in the shell, blend them, put them in a jar and freeze.

 

[cjpines]

All eggs have either blue or white based shells, the brown is applied as a coating in various shades and/or thicknesses.......the process has more details than that, but I don't know them off the top of my head.

It's tongue in cheek that I call it the 'spray booth' when I refer to that coating.

Well, I guess I won't worry so much, Thank you.