Green egg layer now laying Blue

[CrockChickens9]

I read on the forums that when this happens it’s a lack of the brown coating over the blue egg. The causes have been suggested as genetics, diet and faulty system. So I’m just curious if anyone has any experience with this and if in fact there is anything I should be doing to support her. Thanks!

 

[Yardmom]

Are you certain it is the same hen laying both eggs? I would suspect another blue egg layer long before think a healthy looking egg didn't get its brown covering.

 

[alpacasandchicks78]

I read on the forums that when this happens it’s a lack of the brown coating over the blue egg. The causes have been suggested as genetics, diet and faulty system. So I’m just curious if anyone has any experience with this and if in fact there is anything I should be doing to support her. Thanks!

I'm not exactly sure because that looks like an olive egger vs Easter egger/Amercauna. I've seen them lighten up but usually not to that degree and not a complete change so I'm following this thread. The only experience I've had was my Marans went from chocolate brown to a lighter speckled brown.

 

[CrockChickens9]

Yes, I have no blue egg layers in my flock. I only have 5 total so it’s easy to track the eggs. The green eggs in the pictures are my other sapphire sky’s eggs I used them for comparison but they are the same color the blue ones used to be when she first started laying about a month ago. She was laying mossy green than a teal color one day and then it’s been blue for many days now. Shes the same breed Sapphire Sky and all my other girls are brown egg layers (Brahmas and Australorp).

 

[aart]

I read on the forums that when this happens it’s a lack of the brown coating over the blue egg.

This is correct.

The causes have been suggested as genetics, diet and faulty system. So I’m just curious if anyone has any experience with this and if in fact there is anything I should be doing to support her. Thanks!

Nothing to worry about. Green eggs can vary greatly in their coatings.

 

[Yardmom]

Ok so those green eggs in the pic are from a different layer, and your blue egg girl just started laying recently. My guess is that the first eggs from your blue layer had a heavier bloom on them then. The color may have appeared the same, but it would have been a bit different in where the color was coming from. Nothing to worry about. She may or may not have an egg or two that appear green again when she starts new egg cycles such as after molt.

 

[CrockChickens9]

Ok great! Not upset about it since they are very pretty and we love having blue and green eggs. Just wanted to be sure if she was unhealthy I did what I could to support her. Thank you all for your time and knowledge!