EE egg color starting to fade?

[Arztwolf]

My yearling EE has started to lay really faint green colored eggs. Is this just an aging thing or is she missing something nutrition wise? The eggs are otherwise good, just not as green as before. She is under no stress and appears to be otherwise healthy.

 

[FreeRangeSpirit]

Hens go through laying cycles. The eggs are always darker at the beginning of the cycle and lighter at the end so that could be all that is happening. How long has this been going on?

 

[Arztwolf]

For about a month.

 

[FreeRangeSpirit]

Okay, well maybe that could be it. How old is she?

 

[Brookliner]

After she goes through a molt (when she will stop laying) the egg color will darken up.

 

[123RedBeard]

She needs her inkjet cartridge changed ...

 

[Arztwolf]

Okay, well maybe that could be it. How old is she?

A year next month.

After she goes through a molt (when she will stop laying) the egg color will darken up.

I think you may be right, she is starting to slowly loose feathers (right now she has one sticking straight up in the middle of her back

) and her production has slowed somewhat.

She needs her inkjet cartridge changed ...

Maybe you can hit the reset button while your at it, she can be a mean little hen.

 

[FreeRangeSpirit]

Yeah, then I would guess she is just going through a molt. Don't worry about it.