Celadon Eggs turning white?

[DAttard]

I've hatched & raised celadons, who are now 12wks old. Their eggs were a stunning blue, but have been slowly turning white. Some are almost entirely white now. Could this be nutritional?

They're on Turkey/Gamebird grower, at 22% protein and I supplement with mealworms and/or birdseed mix. We are in Canada and it's getting colder. They are in a spacious flight pen, with all they need.

Appreciate any insights!

 

[CHlCKEN]

Think of them like little printers running out of ink. The longer they’ve been laying for, the less pigment they’ll have left to deposit. Blue layers often have near-white eggs towards the end of the laying season.

 

[DAttard]

Think of them like little printers running out of ink. The longer they’ve been laying for, the less pigment they’ll have left to deposit. Blue layers often have near-white eggs towards the end of the laying season.

TY! They are only 12wks old....

 

[Nabiki]

Are they getting enough calcium? An interesting fact about eggs - the brown colour comes from blood, the blue colour comes from bile.

Since the fading is happening to all of your hens, I would guess end of laying season, a nutritional lack, or genetics if they all came from the same source.

 

[Susan Skylark]

I have a total of two celadon layers so am obviously an expert, one has always layed whitish blue eggs like this the other, her daughter), has a similar shade outside but inside they are sky blue, weird, wish I could reverse it, also really hard to candle the daughters eggs.