Different color eggs from one pullet

The cause is the availability of pigment in the uterus after the shell is formed.
That can be due to many things, nutrition being one of them.
Sometimes pinkish eggs are due to an additional layer of calcium over the brown pigment.
I have had a couple hens who laid plum eggs from time to time but the normal color was an intense reddish maroon. The plum was the result of additional application of calcium over the pigment.

This is a good explanation for what is happening as I recently started supplying my chickens with oyster shells.
 
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