Black To White Experiment

[MysteryChicken]

I could do candling pics probably tonight while it's nice, & dark along with a normal blue egg for comparison. Hopefully the colors will show.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Blue egg candled.

Vs. Tinted/Cream egg candled.

Vs. Beige Egg Candled.

 

[MysteryChicken]

@NatJ
I've came to share some interesting egg related things. Just to stay clear of confusion, original post about the egg in question is on the next page.

Also the blue egg is from an Easter Egger pullet, the Tinted/Cream is Silkie/Malay cross, & the Beige is Easter Egger/Barred Rock cross pullet for the Chameleon project here.

 

[NatJ]

@NatJ
I've came to share some interesting egg related things. Just to stay clear of confusion, original post about the egg in question is on the next page.

Also the blue egg is from an Easter Egger pullet, the Tinted/Cream is Silkie/Malay cross, & the Beige is Easter Egger Barred Rock pullet for the Chameleon project here.

I saw those posts, but I don't have any particular thoughts to share.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I saw those posts, but I don't have any particular thoughts to share.

Oh, okay. Thought it's odd as it's something I've never seen before.

I'll crack one tomorrow to show what the inner shell looks like. I discovered this when feeding a cracked one back to the birds the other day. Left me all sorts of confused as it looks blue/turqouise/green when it isn't in natural light. But obviously beige in lower light conditions instead the house, or coop.

 

[NatJ]

Oh, okay. Thought it's odd as it's something I've never seen before.

I'll crack one tomorrow to show what the inner shell looks like. I discovered this when feeding a cracked one back to the birds the other day. Left me all sorts of confused as it looks blue/turqouise/green when it isn't in natural light. But obviously beige in lower light conditions instead the house, or coop.

I can usually tell blue/green eggs apart from any shade of white/cream/brown, but I've had a few that looked "green" in some light and "brown" in others. I think they have generally turned out to be brown when I tried enough different kinds of light, but I don't remember for sure. I didn't think too much about it, just a mild "that's weird," and then mostly forgot about the matter.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I can usually tell blue/green eggs apart from any shade of white/cream/brown, but I've had a few that looked "green" in some light and "brown" in others. I think they have generally turned out to be brown when I tried enough different kinds of light, but I don't remember for sure. I didn't think too much about it, just a mild "that's weird," and then mostly forgot about the matter.

I'll better explain tomorrow. It's not brown.
I used regular Bright White LED Flashlight.

 

[NatJ]

I'll better explain tomorrow. It's not brown.
I used regular Bright White LED Flashlight.

If there is no blue, I consider it a shade of brown. That is what I meant about the eggs I have seen.

Eggs that other people call cream, beige, pink, or purple are all shades of "brown" to me. They all come from hens with some of the genes that are involved in making brown eggs, and no blue egg gene.

 

[Rillowen]

I'll better explain tomorrow. It's not brown.
I used regular Bright White LED Flashlight.

I recently read an article about egg colors, they can exhibit partial dominance so some colors may actually mix with others, the primary colors that are mixed are back, white, red, blue, and yellow. Most of the time the the red yellow and black are mixed, so dark orange that ends up "brown", but sometimes one or the other can express more, or get mixed with the other colors. This is how we get pink, chocolate, or green eggs. The blue of course is often in the undershell/mixed into the enamel, but the blue enamel could be only mildly present with the brown pigment over the top, so the end result is a mild green that looks beige in lower light, they have charts for predicting egg color from various crosses. I found it fun, was considering breeding an Aracona into my flock to see if I could get the cream dorking eggs to get blue enamel and turn baby blue.

 

[MysteryChicken]

If there is no blue, I consider it a shade of brown. That is what I meant about the eggs I have seen.

Eggs that other people call cream, beige, pink, or purple are all shades of "brown" to me. They all come from hens with some of the genes that are involved in making brown eggs, and no blue egg gene.

Beige mixed with blue, try to find the beige? Hint there's 2, one above the other.

I'm only calling it beige, as it's hard to describe the weird color that shifts depending on light, not that it is actually beige, or a brow.