Egg colors changing?

[Lpskitfit]

Hey y'all, we've got 4 hens: two easter eggers, one brahma, and a rhode island red. That said, we've gotten six (!!!) different egg colors since they started laying!!
We've gotten white, light brown, dark brown, pink, light green, and darker green. Sometimes the green eggs have brown speckles (not like extra calcium though) and sometimes they've got no speckles! Sometimes the pink has white spots and sometimes not. Today, however, I got a PINK EGG with PURPLE SPOTS!!! They started laying a month ago and I just assumed that the different shades were from the sake chickens, but the purple spots just totally threw me off today! The purple doesn't feel textured like normal calcium does.

Is this normal?

Ps; this is the COOLEST egg I've ever seen. Between these eggs and our duck eggs, we have the most colorful basket ever!!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Not sure what causes it, but it's nothing bad. My calico lays eggs like that sometimes

 

[Lpskitfit]

That's good to hear. I thought this

Not sure what causes it, but it's nothing bad. My calico lays eggs like that sometimes

this was a super cool egg but I was also worried that maybe a disease could cause this and I couldn't find anything online about purple spots. Thank you!!

 

[aart]

'Speckled' eggs can happen for several different reasons...very few, if any, of which are a 'problem'.

Can be caused by:
Excess or uneven pigment coating.
Excess or uneven cuticle(bloom).
Excess calcium deposits.
Porous eggs can appear speckled.
Some birds lay them consistently, some only once in awhile.
The pigment or bloom can change appearance when wet, then change back when dry again.

As long as bird is getting a good diet and is healthy in every other way, it is no cause for concern.

A pinkish/purplish tint on light brown eggs is often due to the bloom/cuticle,
which can vary from day to day.

 

[Lpskitfit]

'Speckled' eggs can happen for several different reasons...very few, if any, of which are a 'problem'.

Can be caused by:
Excess or uneven pigment coating.
Excess or uneven cuticle(bloom).
Excess calcium deposits.
Porous eggs can appear speckled.
Some birds lay them consistently, some only once in awhile.
The pigment or bloom can change appearance when wet, then change back when dry again.

As long as bird is getting a good diet and is healthy in every other way, it is no cause for concern.

A pinkish/purplish tint on light brown eggs is often due to the bloom/cuticle,
which can vary from day to day.

My birds are all healthy! I heard that once a chicken lays a color, that's the only color it ever lays, so I didn't realize there could be variations. Thank you!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

My birds are all healthy! I heard that once a chicken lays a color, that's the only color it ever lays, so I didn't realize there could be variations. Thank you!

It's more if it laid a brown egg, it will never lay a white, green or blue egg. Mostly because people get EEs, expect b each egg to be a different color or to cycle through different colors

 

[aart]

It's more if it laid a brown egg, it will never lay a white, green or blue egg.

A brown layer could lay white.

The very basics of egg color:
There are only white and blue shells.
Brown eggs have brown coating on white shells.
Green eggs have brown coating on blue shells.
The brown coating can be very light or very dark, and can vary day to day.
Then the bloom can add another aspect to the egg color.
Pink/purplish eggs are usually from the bloom on a brown egg.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

A brown layer could lay white.

The very basics of egg color:
There are only white and blue shells.
Brown eggs have brown coating on white shells.
Green eggs have brown coating on blue shells.
The brown coating can be very light or very dark, and can vary day to day.
Then the bloom can add another aspect to the egg color.
Pink/purplish eggs are usually from the bloom on a brown egg.

Like an actual store white or a cream? I know creams are considered brown by some people but I thought a brown egg could never be followed by a pure white egg

 

[aart]

Like an actual store white or a cream? I know creams are considered brown by some people but I thought a brown egg could never be followed by a pure white egg

White....if there's a total absence of coating.
It's not common, but not unprecedented either.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

White....if there's a total absence of coating.
It's not common, but not unprecedented either.

Huh. I stand corrected then on that. Thanks for the info