Egg color

[humblehillsfarm]

I just received a new egg yesterday and today! These ones are much lighter and also a bit smaller. Its officially safe to say both hens are laying, and their eggs are similar but definitely different . And to add to it. My one pullet from this spring laid her first egg this morning!!! You mentioned the less frequent brown egg from an EE? Go figure, that's what she gave me top row of large green/blue eggs from the first hen, 2 blue ones are from the hen I was questioning. And the brown egg from my pullet today! It surprisingly large (in my opinion) for a pullet egg. I'm thrilled!

Wow there are some big eggs in there!! From Meyer hatchery they guess about a 10% chance of getting a brown egg layer from an EE but I don't know how much to hold to that. Congrats on the beautiful eggs! I have my first olive eggers that are about 14-15 weeks and I'm beside myself waiting for them to lay. I already have welsummers, EEs, brahmas, a barred rock, Ameraucana, and a leghorns. I'm missing the final "rainbow" color.

 

[Mamatomany123]

I'm now in the same dilemma wondering if I have. 2 laying EEs or just one who's throwing out 2 colors. We got this blue one yesterday and the green is what we've been getting. My laying EE usually skips a day so hopefully I'll know today if both are laying or not.

 

[humblehillsfarm]

I'm now in the same dilemma wondering if I have. 2 laying EEs or just one who's throwing out 2 colors. We got this blue one yesterday and the green is what we've been getting. My laying EE usually skips a day so hopefully I'll know today if both are laying or not.

EE's can lay a blue or blue-green or green egg. Mine, even my EE have blue-green eggs. However the color itself shouldn't change for one bird, only get lighter or darker with the growing season. When I look at them with my own eyes, they look the exact same color (except now that my Ameraucana has taken a broody break hers are a tad darker), but when I took a picture one egg always looked slightly more blue in the photo....

 

[Nichole1]

I'm now in the same dilemma wondering if I have. 2 laying EEs or just one who's throwing out 2 colors. We got this blue one yesterday and the green is what we've been getting. My laying EE usually skips a day so hopefully I'll know today if both are laying or not.

I'd assume from 2 different birds! That green is beautiful! I've read tho the color wont vary, if a bird lays blue it will stay blue, could be a little lighter or darker depending on cycle but wouldnt lay 2 different colors all together

 

[Mamatomany123]

I'd assume from 2 different birds! That green is beautiful! I've read tho the color wont vary, if a bird lays blue it will stay blue, could be a little lighter or darker depending on cycle but wouldnt lay 2 different colors all together

This is the "blue-est" egg we've gotten from EE1 but it still looked green. I'm crossing my fingers that it's my other EE laying now. But I'm also going to be a bit annoyed that both EEs started laying sooner than my production birds

 

[Nichole1]

This is the "blue-est" egg we've gotten from EE1 but it still looked green. I'm crossing my fingers that it's my other EE laying now. But I'm also going to be a bit annoyed that both EEs started laying sooner than my production birds

Lol thats too funny. Some eggs is better than no eggs tho!

 

[Mamatomany123]

Lol thats too funny. Some eggs is better than no eggs tho!

Well, I have 6 kids so 4 eggs arent going to cut it
Eventually theyll start. They're 22 weeks now so I'm hoping any day.

 

[Nichole1]

Thats wonderful! I know the struggle tho lol. I have 3 pullets, the one laid her first this morning, the other 2 just aren't there yet. And 2 older hens who had both hatched a clutch each 2 months ago so they went off laying, just stared up this past week . That leaves me with 10 chicks that have months of waiting left