can a chicken's egg color change?

[3CrazyChicks]

This is actually a multipart question.
But first, the background. In May of 2024 we added some chicks to our flock. One was what we thought to be a Delaware. She is the only white breed we have, named Noodle . We have 1 wyandotte (Snickers), 1 cinnamon queen (Cinnamon), and 2 golden rockets (Nugget and Patty) in addition to her.

When Noodle started laying, her eggs were white. This year, around October or so she started molting, and with that and daylight /weather changes she stopped laying eggs.

now question 1: We haven't gotten a white egg since then. Could she still be on a break?

question 2: could her egg color have changed? Between the 5 hens we were getting 4 brown and 1 white, averaging 5 eggs about every day and a half during peak egg season.

now, we get 5 eggs about every 2-3 days. Taking season into account, I don't know if Noodle is laying an egg or not, since the other girls are brown. Nugget and Patty's eggs have small brown speckles.

Finally, is Noodle a Delaware or Leghorn or something else? As her Feathers came in, she never got the dark head or tail of a Delaware. Nor after her molt. Photos attached

 

[nuthatched]

Eggs can change hue but not color.

 

[RubelliteRose]

Yes, Noodle is taking a break from laying. Depending upon where you live and her individual schedule, she will probably begin laying again next month
Darker brown eggs can lighten in color, but white eggs will not change to brown. With my speckled eggs, the number of speckles will somewhat vary, but I don't think I have ever had a speckled egg be completely speckle free either
Based on the fact that Noodle lays a white egg, she is not a Delaware. I'm not very good at identifying chicken breeds, but she looks a lot like what my silver leghorn would look like if she were all white

 

[Mrs. K]

I think someone mixed up birds in a the bin. People pick them up and put them somewhere else. She is not a Delaware.

The long dark nights of winter, often times will completely stop laying. I tell them stories of the soup pot! But come February they will come back into lay.

The trick is to save eggs when they are in high production, to get through the winter without the shame of buying eggs! Water glassing, freezing eggs, and some people have enough room in the fridge. Eggs keep pretty well.

Mrs K