Changing Egg Color???

[ChickenMama6RIR]

Hi! I gave a rather "odd" question. I have ten hens. Four if them are laying. My silkie who lays a cream egg, my two Easter Eggers who both lay a green egg but one is a bit more bluish then the other, and a buff orpington (That's what she resembles.... I've done much research on the breed.) And she lays a beautiful brown egg. I have six other hens. They are 15 weeks old. Four Rhode Island Reds and two Leghorns. No one looks ready to lay, so I have counted them out. Why is my BO's egg color changing?

This is supposedly laid by the same hen :/ Here is a picture of her.

 

[SunHwaKwon]

The amount of brown pigment can vary from egg to egg. My EE hen sometimes lays a more blue egg (less brown coating) or her egg will be speckled, though normally it is green (ie blue with a uniform brown coating). There can be hiccups in laying, especially when they are young but at any point really.

 

[ChickenMama6RIR]

The amount of brown pigment can vary from egg to egg. My EE hen sometimes lays a more blue egg (less brown coating) or her egg will be speckled, though normally it is green (ie blue with a uniform brown coating). There can be hiccups in laying, especially when they are young but at any point really.

Thank you! That is possible...

 

[ChickenMama6RIR]

Alright.... Here is the Rhode island reds

Sorry about the blurry pictures...

 

[SunHwaKwon]

Yes, those RIRs are definitely not mature and laying.

What color are the "Orpington's" legs?

 

[ChickenMama6RIR]

Yes, those RIRs are definitely not mature and laying.

What color are the "Orpington's" legs?

Lol I didn't think so, but I was like... Maybe?

They are a bleached out white color... Kinda

 

[SunHwaKwon]

Well, leg color sounds right. I don't have any so I'm not really familiar with them. The egg color looks right, too, from what I've googled.

 

[ChickenMama6RIR]

Well, leg color sounds right. I don't have any so I'm not really familiar with them. The egg color looks right, too, from what I've googled.

Awesome! Both egg colors?

 

[SunHwaKwon]

It's kind of hard to tell accurately with the indoor lighting but I think so. I think its normal variation like what I was describing.

 

[ChickenMama6RIR]

It's kind of hard to tell accurately with the indoor lighting but I think so. I think its normal variation like what I was describing.

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