Different egg color= different chicken?

[Brady bunch]

I have heard in the past from other sites that different egg colors means different chickens. It said that a chicken will lay only one shade of brown. (Personally I do not think this is true. But if it is that would be great). If this is true it would mean that almost all of our chickens are laying. But that seems too good to be true. We have gotten a really dark brown egg and a really light brown egg. Could that be from the same hen or a different hen?

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

When a pullet or hen starts producing eggs the first couple of eggs are generally darker than than the eggs she will produce after being in lay for a few weeks. The shade of a chicken’s egg color can vary day to day. Of course with white egg layers this doesn’t apply.

 

[Brady bunch]

Thanks so much!!

 

[PirateGirl]

If they are different colors, they are most likely from different layers. Another thing to look at is the SHAPE of the eggs, each layer will have a unique egg shape that will be fairly consistent throughout her life.

 

[Brady bunch]

So if one chicken has a very round egg it may always be round. Or it will always be narrow?

 

[SurferchickinSB]

I have heard in the past from other sites that different egg colors means different chickens. It said that a chicken will lay only one shade of brown. (Personally I do not think this is true. But if it is that would be great). If this is true it would mean that almost all of our chickens are laying. But that seems too good to be true. We have gotten a really dark brown egg and a really light brown egg. Could that be from the same hen or a different hen?

Different hens would be my opinion.

 

[PirateGirl]

So if one chicken has a very round egg it may always be round. Or it will always be narrow?

generally speaking, yes. I have one chicken that always lays round eggs, I have one chicken who always lays eggs that are extra pointy on one end.

 

[chrissynemetz]

A hen will never go from laying brown eggs to laying blue ones, or from laying white to brown. And I've never seen a hen go from really light to really dark. But they can occasionally lay eggs different shades of their egg color. And the egg shape tends to stay pretty much the same.
When they first start laying they can have some weird eggs though, so wait a while after they've been laying to see what their eggs will normally look like

 

[Brady bunch]

Thanks for all of the advice!!!