Easter-Egger changes it's egg color?

[kipper]

Is it possible for a 18 month old hen to change the color of egg it lays?

I'm not talking about lightening at molt, but an EE changing from green to light brown.

 

[Domestic_goddess]

I have 3 Easter Egger's myself and have never seen this, mine will lay a variety in the greenish shades though. I hope someone else can answer you! Good luck.

 

[viktoriacl]

Nope. That's a myth. Once they lay one color egg that's it. It doesnt change from egg to egg, only chicken to chicken.

 

[Farmington]

The one I have laying now started out with her first egg being more olive color, and smallish. All consecutive eggs thereafter have been a lighter shade of green, and a bit larger than the first. She started at almost 22 weeks

 

[SpringChickens]

The one I have laying now started out with her first egg being more olive color, and smallish. All consecutive eggs thereafter have been a lighter shade of green, and a bit larger than the first. She started at almost 22 weeks

That's actually very common. They typically start out laying a darker shade, and they progressively get lighter as they age. They just don't go from having a blue base (olive/green) to having a white base (white/brown).

Hope this helps!​

 

[newchicksnducks]

My EE will range from olive green to lighter blue....from the same EE. But never from blue-green to brown.