Egg with two shells of different colors

[markingchick]

Has anyone ever seen this? My always brown egg has a white egg shell over it.

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• markingchick
• Apr 6, 2018

What the heck?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

My guess is a white egg was broke in the nest and the brown got pushed into the remnants of that egg. I've seen it a time or two in pictures.

 

[lazy gardener]

I've also seen a partial egg shell get stuck on an other egg in the incubator. That's one reason to occasionally intervene when the bator is super full to remove some of the older chicks, and snag those egg shells out of there.

 

[markingchick]

Thanks everyone! Too bad she doesn’t lay eggs like that. She could become famous like the Golden Goose.

 

[N F C]

How strange, I've never seen that before. What @oldhenlikesdogs says seems like the most likely scenario.

 

[PirateGirl]

So you actually cracked and peeled the outer eggshell to get to the way it looks in the photo?

If naturally occurring I'd expect the white egg to be on the inside and the brown outside. Hmm...

 

[Nardo]

Has anyone ever seen this? My always brown egg has a white egg shell over it.

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• markingchick
• Apr 6, 2018

What the heck?

Well, whatever/however---it's way cool.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

But it's all the way around.

A broken egg makes everything sticky in the nest, like glue. Hens roll eggs under them. I have seen the same type of situations posted in practical poultry magazines. It happens.

 

[aart]

Do you own any chickens that lay white eggs?

Yes. One.

I'm betting you didn't get a white egg today?

Agrees with OHLD, have seen it before too.
If you peel off the white shell, you'll find eggs are not exactly the same shape and size.

 

[markingchick]

But it's all the way around.