Brown Egg Easter Egger?

[SavyNic]

So our sweet EE Nora has been laying eggs for around a week now! She was our first to start laying, so naturally we couldn’t wait, but we were so surprised when we saw her first egg! It was a very pale brown. We fully expected blue or green as everything we’ve read said that’s just what they lay. Don’t get me wrong, her eggs are beautiful! But I wanted to make sure she’s not lacking something in her diet. How often do EEs actually end up laying brown eggs instead of blue or green? And can it change over time? We have another EE, so fingers crossed hers will be a different color!

 

[TheOddOneOut]

So our sweet EE Nora has been laying eggs for around a week now! She was our first to start laying, so naturally we couldn’t wait, but we were so surprised when we saw her first egg! It was a very pale brown. We fully expected blue or green as everything we’ve read said that’s just what they lay. Don’t get me wrong, her eggs are beautiful! But I wanted to make sure she’s not lacking something in her diet. How often do EEs actually end up laying brown eggs instead of blue or green? And can it change over time? We have another EE, so fingers crossed hers will be a different color!

Beautiful eggs.
Can I see pics of the bird?
She isn't lacking anything. The blue is the color of the shell, not the bloom. (The coating that makes brown eggs...well...brown.) The green is a blue egg with brown bloom instead of clear.
It won't change.
And hey, EE's are advertised as "any shell color, often blue or green."

 

[chrissynemetz]

Easter Eggers can lay pretty much any color egg, but very often they lay blue or green. And as @TheOddOneOut has said, the eggs won't change color later.
Hopefully your other EE will give you a pretty colored egg.

 

[SavyNic]

Beautiful eggs.
Can I see pics of the bird?
She isn't lacking anything. The blue is the color of the shell, not the bloom. (The coating that makes brown eggs...well...brown.) The green is a blue egg with brown bloom instead of clear.
It won't change.
And hey, EE's are advertised as "any shell color, often blue or green."

She is the white and tan Her sister hasn't even squatted yet, so I guess it'll be a bit before we find out what color she'll have.

 

[Gene Neill]

She may lay brown eggs, but she does carry the blue-egg gene. So her offspring may lay blue. (Or green, or brown, or white!)

 

[Mamatomany123]

Like others have said, nothing's lacking. Brown is a normal color that can be laid by EEs. We get blue, green, and recently started getting a light pink. Maybe your other will lay more colorful eggs.

 

[SavyNic]

Like others have said, nothing's lacking. Brown is a normal color that can be laid by EEs. We get blue, green, and recently started getting a light pink. Maybe your other will lay more colorful eggs.

Those are beautiful!!!

 

[DaisyG2317]

Like others have said, nothing's lacking. Brown is a normal color that can be laid by EEs. We get blue, green, and recently started getting a light pink. Maybe your other will lay more colorful eggs.

That is the prettiest green egg I have seen!

 

[Mamatomany123]

That is the prettiest green egg I have seen!

The one who laid the green also laid the blue. We usually get green from her but every once in a while we'll get a blue egg from her.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

She is the white and tan Her sister hasn't even squatted yet, so I guess it'll be a bit before we find out what color she'll have.

She looks like one of mine!