help settle an argument please

[SuziQ991]

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[ScratchesWithChickens]

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Alright....you are wrong!

The bloom is a thin, protein coating that is secreted from the vagina and protects the egg from bacteria.

Thanks! I was just guessin'!

Learn somethin' new everyday.

 

[Knock Kneed Hen]

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Hey, that's what I was going to say!

 

[silkiechicken]

pips&peeps :

It's brown with heavy bloom on it.

Yep, brown with extra deposits.​

 

[Chick CJ]

Lilac

that's my vote!
But do tell if it changes when you wash it!
CJ

 

[kathyinmo]

I say mauve.
Wynette posted pictures of hers on the Marans thread a while back. I have gotten them too. Wet they will look like a regular dark Marans egg, but when it dries it looks ..... mauve. Cool, huh!

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

I've got 2 hens that lay that color, one RIR and one Black hen that is with my Marans

 

[kathyinmo]

I found Wynette's posting on the Marans thread:

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[chickenx2]

That egg looks like it was dunked in easter egg dye. pretty!

 

[BellaLulaFarm]

Happy Easter! One of our Amerucanas lays pink eggs--I'm going to have to wash the next one and see what happens!