First Marans Egg! Pic- Speckled?

[aqhaktberry3]

I got my first Marans egg today! Is it normal for it to be speckled?

 

[marytoast]

Pretty, pretty egg!

 

[pnp4kidz]

My Marans eggs are speckled...
I think that is what you want.
dark brown, and speckled.

 

[nanawendy]

Oh No... Now I have CHOCOLATE ENVY

 

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

sometimes they're speckled, somtimes they're not. it's all good, as long as it's dark in general.

 

[Illia]

It is normal for them to be occasionally speckled - It usually means your egg is lighter than a good, dark one. Speckling is when a hen sparsly "sprays" on the chocolate coating, instead of a nice, even coat. You should expect them to be like this for a short while, then get REALLY dark, then lighten up and stay sort of light compared to the "dark" phase, depending on what quality of Marans you have.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Beautiful egg! Nice and dark. Congrats!

 

[pfmoore17]

Speckled, Spotted and Splittled, it's all okay and very cool.

 

[newchickenmommy]

My Cuckoo Marans lay medium brown eggs, the color of hot chocolate, with dark brown speckles. We named one of them CoCo, because her eggs look like (cocoa!). Very nice eggs. Mine are ALWAYS speckled.

 

[Freckle Face Farm]

Beautiful first egg!!!