Eggshell is blue on inside and brown on outside

[ccnycnc]

Hi! My Whiting True Blue hen just laid her second egg and her eggshell is blue on the inside and brown on outside. I know the brown is a coating but is it common to see this on a purebred Whiting True Blue? Will her eggs eventually be blue? This is why I chose her breed!

 

[Kiki]

Pictures of both the bird and egg please.

Also where did you buy her?

 

[ccnycnc]

Pictures of both the bird and egg please.

Also where did you buy her?

 

[ccnycnc]

Got her and all my chickens at Dragonfly Farms here in NC

 

[Mamatomany123]

That is a productin blue hen and her brown egg is the normal color. I have 5 of them.

 

[Kiki]

Got her and all my chickens at Dragonfly Farms here in NC

Have you contacted them and asked them why your chicken is laying brown eggs?
What other chickens did you buy from them?
Is it possible a different chicken laid this egg?

 

[Manhen]

Hi! My Whiting True Blue hen just laid her second egg and her eggshell is blue on the inside and brown on outside. I know the brown is a coating but is it common to see this on a purebred Whiting True Blue? Will her eggs eventually be blue? This is why I chose her breed!

I read an article that claimed the shells were either blue or white base with a coating that produced brown, or green, eggs respectively. According to this theory, your blue eggs should be green not brown in appearance. Like that for Orwelling logic. I have not yet delved into actually breeding the blue shell chickens. That is this year's goal: to come up with a B.Americ. base flock to make EE and OEs. Riiiggghhht.

It may be that age or general health is affecting the bloom.

 

[Manhen]

Nice brown eggs anyway..... ???

 

[ccnycnc]

That is a productin blue hen and her brown egg is the normal color. I have 5 of them.

But the breeder doesn't even offer Production Blues, only Whiting True Blues, but also Olive Eggers. Maybe mine is one of those

 

[Mamatomany123]

But the breeder doesn't even offer Production Blues, only Whiting True Blues, but also Olive Eggers. Maybe mine is one of those

Hmm, not sure. She looks just like my production blues (I think they're also called something else but cant remember.) The brown egg here is from one of my blues aso.