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Nishat

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Hello I am from Texas... I have 6 chickens and love gathering eggs from them. A friend of mine from Canada sent me here because my Americana Chicken was laying pretty blue and green and brown eggs last year... Today when I went to check on her because she hasn't been laying any eggs (I thought she might have been sick), I found her nesting... when she was finished she laid 4 pink eggs, all of the different sizes and shapes...



Can anyone tell me why she is doing this?
 
Welcome to BYC! My wife and I grew up in Texas. Let's start with the easy part of your question first. Your "Americana" chicken is not an "Ameraucana," but an Easter Egger. True Ameraucanas lay only blue eggs, not green, brown, or pink. Easter Eggers are hybrids produced by crossing Ameraucanas or Araucanas (another blue egg laying breed) with other breeds to produce eggs in different colors such as olive, green, beige, and even pale pink and gold. Unfortunately, hatcheries commonly sell them as Araucanas (true Araucanas have no tails) or Ameraucanas (often misspelled as Americana or Americauna by the hatcheries.
As for why your Easter Egger's eggs have changed color, that is really strange. The exact shade of a single Easter Egger's egg may vary, depending on her age and how long she has been laying since her last molt, or because of what she is eating. For example, a hen that lays a light shaded egg before her molt can lay a much darker shaded egg after her molt, but the base color will still be the same (a green egg layer will still lay green eggs). Perhaps this puzzle can be answered with some questions. You have five other chickens. Is it possible that some of them are also Easter Eggers that are laying and that the hen in question is not laying all of these eggs? Are you positive that it is the same bird that has layed blue, green, brown, and pink eggs, because genetically that is suppose to happen? Maybe you could post some pictures of your six birds and these eggs and we can solve this mystery.
Does any other BYC members out there have any other thoughts on this?
 
Hello there and welcome to BYC!

So glad you could join our community! I was unable to view your pic here. Michael has given you some great ideas and information as to what may be going on. So I will just welcome you to our flock!
 
Hello :frow and Welcome To BYC! I can't see your pictures either, X2 what Michael said, you have an Easter Egger and chickens only lay one color of egg, the shade will vary depending on where they are in their laying cycle, but a brown egg layer will not lay green etc. It sounds like your EE or some other chicken has been hiding eggs and you found the nest, chickens only lay one egg a day, so she has been hiding eggs there for awhile or more than one hen is laying there.
 
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My EE mommy / incubator ......
 
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Good luck with your poultry raising adventures, and I hope you find everything you need to know. Don't forget to take a look at BYC's very useful learning center (If you haven't already)! The learning center as well as the forum should answer your questions! There is always something new to learn! Glad to have you here! See you around with the flock.
 

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