Cloudy leghorn eggs

[patvetzal]

We have two leghorns and seven more "red" birds as well. They all get the same feed and care, penned up until the tomatoes are gone then free range till the snow gets too deep.
The birds are all donations (three groups) and only three were debeaked so I assume the rest are farm bred.
Each day we get about five eggs from 9 birds with one being white, the rest brown. Some days we might get two white ones, or none, so they are both laying age. When we break them into the pan we notice that the whites of the leghorn eggs tend to be cloudy, but the brown eggs are clear. Can't see it being diet or age of the eggs...

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Cloudy eggs whites are said to be a sign of carbon dioxide and indicate freshness. That being said I have hens that have cloudy and hens that have clear egg whites so it also seems to be an individual thing. It's nothing to worry about.

 

[missingnojo]

We have two leghorns and seven more "red" birds as well. They all get the same feed and care, penned up until the tomatoes are gone then free range till the snow gets too deep.
The birds are all donations (three groups) and only three were debeaked so I assume the rest are farm bred.
Each day we get about five eggs from 9 birds with one being white, the rest brown. Some days we might get two white ones, or none, so they are both laying age. When we break them into the pan we notice that the whites of the leghorn eggs tend to be cloudy, but the brown eggs are clear. Can't see it being diet or age of the eggs...

We have two leghorns and seven more "red" birds as well. They all get the same feed and care, penned up until the tomatoes are gone then free range till the snow gets too deep.
The birds are all donations (three groups) and only three were debeaked so I assume the rest are farm bred.
Each day we get about five eggs from 9 birds with one being white, the rest brown. Some days we might get two white ones, or none, so they are both laying age. When we break them into the pan we notice that the whites of the leghorn eggs tend to be cloudy, but the brown eggs are clear. Can't see it being diet or age of the eggs...

I seem to have this same issue. Leghorn egg whites cloudy but not any of the Easter eggers have cloudy whites layed on the same day and just as fresh.. so fresh has nothing to do with the cloudiness at this point. Because even days or weeks after the white eggs are still cloudy.noone seems to have an answer.