egg colors

[Chick_in_Indiana]

when a hen lays an egg is it always the same color? or can is slightly vary in shades. can they be speckeled sometimes but not all. i have a variety of breeds and i seem to be getting alot of different shades of green from my EEs. Thanks, Krista

 

[kstaven]

A laying hen will not change "color" of egg they lay, but it can change darker to lighter with change of season and feed.

 

[Rosalind]

One of my EEs goes from light green to darker green with speckles sometimes. Also have a Cochin that lays speckled brown eggs once in a while and plain brown the rest of the time. Both of my EEs and Cochins will occasionally binge on oystershells and lay white-speckled bumpy eggs. Strange girls.

Bread treats (stale bread, cookies, pie etc.) & fruit seem to make for paler eggs. Leafy greens == darker colors and more speckles. No idea why.