Change in egg color?

[Kharmel]

I have a RIR who is separted from the flock due to an injury last fall so I know she is laying these eggs. She has always layed brown eggs but since a week ago, her eggs have become very light, like an off white. She seems healthy otherwise. Does anybody know what could be causing the color change?

 

[Kharmel]

I should add that she is and has always been on Layer Pellets and was recently moved outdoors after spending the winter inside.

 

[perchie.girl]

I have heard that the first few eggs after winter can be a different color. Im here learning I will be interested in the rest of the input....

 

[Suechick]

I have an RIR that laid a few lighter colored eggs early on in the spring after her molt. I think it is because they haven't spent enough time in the shell gland. The color is the last part of the egg formation so if the system is moving a little fast they don't get all the color they should.

Is there any chance she's been exposed to longer periods of light? Maybe a longer day might make this happen, I don't really know it's just a guess.

 

[D'Angelo N Va.]

I don't know the real reason, but it happens from time to time. Some of my chickens will lay a lighter than usual egg and sometimes a darker than usual egg.... have you changed her food??

 

[BarefootMom]

A friend of mine started getting eggs that were almost purple out of her RIR this spring. She always got a brown egg, but now they are purpleish/maroon. it was weird- and there was no change in diet. We thought maybe it had something to do with age?

 

[Kharmel]

She hasn't had any changes in feed and layed all winter while in the house. She's been getting a little more light because I've been leaving a heat lamp on with her at night since she was used to being inside and I didn't want her to get cold. Since she went outside, she didn't lay for a few days but then started laying these "white" eggs. Glad to know that color change doesn't mean she's sick.