Blue Americuna laying green and blue?

[RollinStoned]

So I have a blue Americuna. She's been in laying now for 8 days. I've gotten 5 green and 1 blue 3ggs.
I've read possibly winter is affecting the pigmentation or possibly diet?
I do have an Easter egger in the flock and forget what color egg she hatched from but I don't believe she's laying yet. Any ideas with the BA thank you for the help

 

[Finnie]

Pullets laying their first eggs are notorious for oddities that occur until their system gets used to the laying process. One of the variances is the color process being more or less intense than what it will end up as.

Since a green egg comes about from a blue shell with some brown egg coating applied to it, most likely your pullet will continue to lay some shade of green once she gets her coating mechanism straightened out.

Another thing to keep in mind is that with brown egg layers, they usually start each run of laying by making darker brown eggs, and as time goes on, they put on less coating, and their eggs become progressively lighter. When they take a break from laying, their next round of eggs start out dark(er) again. So a light brown egg layer might start out laying light brown eggs that progressively lighten up to white.

If she’s a light green egg layer, the greenness of her eggs might lighten up enough so that they become less green and more blue. I would say to wait a few weeks and then you will have a better idea of what color she will “usually” lay.

 

[Finnie]

Another thought is that when one pullet in a group starts laying, very often others in the group will not be far behind! So it’s very likely that your Easter Egger may have laid the blue egg.

I have had it happen that I get one new pullet egg one day, and then the next day I get 3 or 4 different new pullet eggs. Since whole groups often hatch on the same day, it makes sense they would reach point of lay together. But each bird is individual in when they will actually lay. Many pullets in the same group will wait weeks or months after the first pullet. So I do think that for the ones that start right after the first one, there is a small element of “copy catting”.

 

[aart]

I have a blue Americuna

I've never heard of this breed, can you post pics please?
Where did you get her?

 

[RollinStoned]

I've never heard of this breed, can you post pics please?
Where did you get her?

I apologize for my spelling. Blue Ameraucana. Here you go. I go her from a breeder in Manitoba Canada.

 

[RollinStoned]

Another thought is that when one pullet in a group starts laying, very often others in the group will not be far behind! So it’s very likely that your Easter Egger may have laid the blue egg.

I have had it happen that I get one new pullet egg one day, and then the next day I get 3 or 4 different new pullet eggs. Since whole groups often hatch on the same day, it makes sense they would reach point of lay together. But each bird is individual in when they will actually lay. Many pullets in the same group will wait weeks or months after the first pullet. So I do think that for the ones that start right after the first one, there is a small element of “copy catting”.

I've thought this. I have caught the EE in the nesting boxes. I have noticed thoughthe greener eggs are almost the same shade of blue that she hatched from.
This morning I caught the BA in the nesting boxes, an hour later finally a nice sized large green egg. So if her or the EE one of them is sorting her self out and laying a rather normal size egg now.
I will set up the camera this coming week for a divinity answer. Maube get soke cool shots for the forum

 

[EggSighted4Life]

I do have an Easter egger in the flock and forget what color egg she hatched from

The color egg a chicken hatches from only tells one part of the genetics but says nothing about the sire whose genes will heavily influence his progenies..

Blue comes in many shades. Here is a copy of the Ameraucana egg color reference chart (courtesy of google images).. ranging from real pale blue and barely noticeable (A3 & C4) to almost greenish.. look at that D8! Please note, it's just a reference and not part of the standard of perfection.. according to my current understanding.