Buff Orpington Egg Color

[mrstodd]

this is our first egg from our Buffs. They came from a small hatchery in southern Ontario. So far they have all been a nice deep brown. I think you might have a cross somewhere in the lines (from what I've read here) She's a lovely girl all the same! Kind of fun to get a white egg among the brown ones!

 

[Ojibway1973]

My 5.5 month old Buff Orpington Goldie laid her 1st egg today, and it was White!

 

[ChazzanHillel]

One of my buffs just started laying I think. I saw her go in the nest box today for the first time and then hopped back out after after only about 5 minutes or less. I went to check and there was a large white egg. I'm not 100 percent for sure it was her because I have two laying Leghorns (which seem to be the best layers so far) and they of course lay white eggs. The one I just found was slightly larger and rounder in shape. I was expecting to find a light tanish brown colored egg.

 

[mamadawn]

Wow I can't believe how light our orps eggs are! The one on the right is hers too!

Wow- I'm gonna run outside to the coop and check out the girls necks and see if the color coding holds true!

 

[Whovian]

We have two buffs that just started laying and they lay darker brown eggs than our Wyandottes. I guess every chicken is different with varying shades.

 

[CindaLouWho]

My buffs lay the lightest color shown here.

 

[RonP]

My buffs laid tan colored eggs consistently for the first 3 years.

They are now ~6 years old.

The color slowly changed to pure white as they got older.

 

[enola]

Is she built like a BO?  You know, big and very fluffy?  I'm guessing that the hatchery crossed in a white-layer breed to improve production and you're seeing evidence of the cross.  I'm just curious whether it shows anywhere else. If she is a hatchery bird, this is probably the reason. There is a possibility that somewhere in her background, someone added some leghorn blood.

 

[shmeggs]

we have 12 buffs, they lay brown eggs. some of them laid a really light brown egg when they first started laying then they got darker later.

 

[mamadawn]

My BO lays a tan/ pink egg with odd dark speckles...