Changing Eggs Colour

[ClaremontChicks]

My black sex link chicken has been laying brown eggs for about a year. Over the past few weeks I have noticed that her eggs have been getting a little lighter in colour and now they are very close to being white. They are all consistent in size though. Should I be worried?

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

My black sex link chicken has been laying brown eggs for about a year. Over the past few weeks I have noticed that her eggs have been getting a little lighter in colour and now they are very close to being white. They are all consistent in size though. Should I be worried?

Eggs will fade in color as the laying cycle progresses - the amount of "spray paint" available for a brown egg laying hen decreases with each egg that is laid, resulting in eggs that fade in shade as her supply dwindles. As she has been laying for about a year, she is reaching the end of her first laying cycle.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Eggs will fade in color as the laying cycle progresses - the amount of "spray paint" available for a brown egg laying hen decreases with each egg that is laid, resulting in eggs that fade in shade as her supply dwindles. As she has been laying for about a year, she is reaching the end of her first laying cycle.

OGM is right. It is even possible to figure out a hens' current and future productivity by noting the progression of the scuttle color changes on certain body parts. This includes her comb, feet, vent, face, eye-ring, bill, and so on. The pigment that is withdrawn goes into shell and yoke coloration. The colors return to each body part in the reverse order that the hen withdrew the pigments for egg laying purposes. This is, or at least it use to be the basis of how commercial poultry men culled non-laying hens from their flocks. However now days if the authorities noted you staring at a hen's butt it would mean the rubber room for you.

 

[ClaremontChicks]

Thanks for all the help !!