One of our hens just started laying a super dark egg a couple of weeks ago.
The colour is very unusual, like a barnevelder or maran egg for example?
Whereas the hens are a mix of sussex and hyline brown descendants.
I thought it must be a young hen, but after watching carefully it looks like an elder hen has suddenly changed her eggs to this unusual colour.
She's nearly 4 years old, she laid right through her first 2 years non-stop, hardly ever moults - she's amazing ... but she's always laid medium brown eggs, not chocolate brown ones!!
I wondered if a change in egg colour could indicate something about her health ... she seems fine but it's odd?
The colour is very unusual, like a barnevelder or maran egg for example?
Whereas the hens are a mix of sussex and hyline brown descendants.
I thought it must be a young hen, but after watching carefully it looks like an elder hen has suddenly changed her eggs to this unusual colour.
She's nearly 4 years old, she laid right through her first 2 years non-stop, hardly ever moults - she's amazing ... but she's always laid medium brown eggs, not chocolate brown ones!!
I wondered if a change in egg colour could indicate something about her health ... she seems fine but it's odd?