Egg shell texture

[crooked stripe]

I have 2 buff orps that started laying last week. Their eggs are flat brown in color. I also have 2 black australorps the started laying yesterday and their eggs are kind of a satin (shinny) appearance. Is this a breed trait or just a first egg trait? I don't have any buff orp first layed eggs to compare them to. They are so tasty my hens can't keep up with my eating habits yet. John

 

[d.k]

*Maybe somebody else knows this one.

 

[CTGirls]

Anybody know this? I have a BO first few eggs so far are flat brown too.

 

[Rhoise]

my sex links both golden and amber have alot of shiney"bloom" coating on their eggs, the RIR's have some too, it isn't as noticable because their eggs are a bit lighter brown, my Barred rock has really light brown pinkish/white eggs and they don't seem to have as much bloom as the sex links or the RIR's, more flat looking? I suspect the different color of egg and the ammount of each individual bird's bloom differ so this could cause the difference? just a theory....