Heavily speckled/stippled chicken eggs

[MissPrissy]

Some speckles wash off. I have a BR that lays spotted eggs as well as my turkeys. The speckles will scrub off with a sponge and warm water lots of times. It is often not actually embedded in the shell.

 

[raroo]

My cornish cross lays the most beautiful speckled eggs, I'm proud of her every time!

 

[moosenbudda]

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Those are very pretty !!!! I get the plain old RIR brown eggs I wish my ladies would lay something interesting or really anything at all !

 

[msgenie516]

Hi,

I don't know what causes it, but my old RIR's (about 3 years old, I'm guessing, though) lay heavily speckled eggs--sometimes they do wash off, also. But you can barely find a speckle on the eggs laid by my young RIR pullets. Maybe it has to do with age sometimes?

Genie

 

[Wynette]

Wow - pretty pics, all, and interesting info., too! I wish I had a couple girls that laid more heavily speckled eggs, then I'd be able to experiment and see if I can get a line of speckled layers going! Thanks, all, for your feedback!!!

 

[Chickenaddict]

I have a black cochin hen who lays a tan egg with white speckles and a light brahma that lays a darker egg with the dark speckles. I think its neat

 

[HennysMom]

And here I thought all of mine were defective for having speckles on them!

Hubby always leaves those here for us before packaging up eggs to sell to people at work - most of our girls (red stars) lay speckled eggs and anywhere from light brown to dark brown in color. Probably 4 out of 6 eggs are speckled and one of our girls lays heavily speckled.

I thought it was caused from grains... ??

 

[Wynette]

OH, heavens no - there's nothing wrong with speckled eggs at all. It's just a deposit left on the shell as it moves down through the...equipment.

 

[ekemily]

a few of my ladies lay speckled eggs. here's one i got today. I know this post is old.... but, whatever. The topic never gets old!

 

[Wynette]

ekem, that is a BEAUTIFUL egg!