Easter Egger laying a brown egg? Why?

[Lori J]

My fuzzy-faced “easter egger” Just laid her first egg - and it was brown! I could’ve sworn she was hatched from a blue egg. Does this happen sometimes with mixes? Glad that she’s laying eggs, just wondering about the color.

 

[nuthatched]

Sometimes they lay brown or tan.

 

[sassysarah]

My EE always layed brown eggs..

 

[rumbleBee_STi]

Easter Eggers are a non standard breed. Hard to know what you’ll get with them. That’s why they’re one of my favorite mixes.

 

[black_cat]

Easter eggers will USUALLY lay green or blue, but some lay brown or tan.

 

[sassysarah]

She also has a single comb so I think that means she's not full EE..?

 

[FuzzyCritters]

Easter eggers can lay any colored egg, even if they are EE x EE. It just means both her parents carry the recessive genes for a white egg shell (brown comes from a colored pigment on top of the white shell), and she inherited those genes.

 

[black_cat]

She also has a single comb so I think that means she's not full EE..

EEs are mutts, and while they usually have a pea comb, they don't always. If you want to double check the breed, you could make another thread and tag me

 

[CHlCKEN]

She also has a single comb so I think that means she's not full EE..?

As mixes, they can have different comb types. There is no such thing as “full EEs” since EEs are mixed

 

[CHlCKEN]

If she was hatched from a blue egg, she most certainly is an EE