bluish tint on the eggs

[gambler445]

Each day I get 1 egg that has a blue tint to it. When I rinse it under cold water it turns brown like all the rest. but then blueish when it dries. Is this a problem? The hens are Golden comets.

 

[SilkieBantams]

They might have a bit of EE in them and also check the color of their earlobes.

 

[Stacykins]

If a chicken with a blue egg gene were laying them, the color would not wash off. The shell itself is actually blue, inside and out. There are two shell colors, white and blue. Brown eggs are actually white eggs with brown pigment over top of them. Green eggs are blue eggs with the same brown pigment. Crack open the egg, what color is it on the inside?

 

[Illia]

x2 To what the others are saying, sounds like you've got an Easter Egger in the mix.

 

[gambler445]

I had to leave for a while. I cracke open three of the blueish eggs and three brown eggs. the only difference was the yolks were smaller in the blue ones. inside of shell is white but not as bright white as the insides of the brown eggs. they have only been laying for a couple weeks now. I have 8 hens and getting 7 eggs a day now. one day this week i got 9 in one day!!!

 

[cackleberrycoop]

Wow, nice layers! I'd love to see a picture of your girls. If you have blue eggs showing up - yippy! People go to great lengths to get those tinted eggs.

Do any of your girls nave a different shaped comb than the others? Different leg color, or "fluffier" feathers around the face/neck?

 

[tuthillny]

It sounds like a good dose of bloom. One of my hens gives me a purple egg. Nothing wrong with it - it just looks cool.

 

[Zonoma]

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x2 "bloom" is the healthy bacteria on the outside of an egg that keeps it from spoiling while it's developing