Color changing egg

[blobear23]

Ok I have a very strange eggs today. All my flock have consistently laid end-lg brown eggs. I did get three year pullers yesterday from another person and they wer two white rock?( he called them white those island but they do not have the right comb so I dubbed them white rocks) and a buff Orpington. I got all brown eggs except one very strange medium white egg with scratches of brown on the shell. When I went to clean to clean with tepid water my white eggs instantly turned a darkish brown. I dried it and it stayed darkish brown. As it cooled it turned back white! So I did it again and same color changing! I then showed my husband and blew on it to cool and and instant white! I have never seen this!

 

[redsoxs]

Greetings from Kansas, blobear23, and

! Pleased you joined us! Looks like you may have a magic egg!

Seriously, I've not heard of anything like that. Maybe try posting here??

https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/18/chicken-behaviors-and-egglaying

 

[blobear23]

Yes it was very new to us as we'll. I was enthused with it I wouldn't even let my husband put in fridge lol. I will post there as well. Thank you!

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! Glad you joined us!

 

[drumstick diva]

I think that refers to some coating on the egg, I don't believe it's harmful in any way.

 

[blobear23]

I live in a farming community and no one has ever seen it! I know the pigment s one of the last things added to the egg during production. Gues just a strange fluke!

 

[blobear23]

Well we ate it and nobody got sick so looks like we are all ok!

 

[Chickenclucker]

I got on of these today too!!! I'm not sure which one of my new girls laid it but it was a pale pink white and when it got wet it is light brown.. Very strange I'm amazed!

 

[Shades of Blue]

i have a brown egg layer that laid a very light brown egg......however when i wash it....then it goes very dark brown. When it dries.....it goes back to a light brown colour. go figure....lol

 

[blobear23]

I thought it was really strange. The more I payed with it it was the coolest thing. Kept showing everyone lol