how do eggs get colored different

[josephdad]

i was just wondering about how hens make their eggs different colors
im curious how that works i would love to become either a vet or zoologist

 

[Nabiki]

Brown is coloured by blood, blue/green are coloured by bile. It sounds crazy, but that's how they get their colours.

 

[josephdad]

it isnt anything genetic?
like certain breeds lay certain colors?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

it isnt anything genetic?
like certain breeds lay certain colors?

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Brown is coloured by blood, blue/green are coloured by bile. It sounds crazy, but that's how they get their colours.

That's what Nabiki explained. Genetics are the determinates of what color is laid. Different parts however make different colors

 

[josephdad]

ohhhhhh ok thank you both for explaining!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Brown is coloured by blood, blue/green are coloured by bile. It sounds crazy, but that's how they get their colours.

And white is colored by ..... bone? Calcium?

 

[josephdad]

And white is colored by ..... bone? Calcium?

oh yeah i forgot about white
what is it colored by?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Also, white and brown eggs are both essentially white. If you crack a brown egg and look at the inside, you'll see that it's a white egg with a brown coating. But a blue egg is blue all the way through.

Just to be even more fascinating and complex, a GREEN egg is a blue egg with a brown coating! How cool is that!

 

[josephdad]

Also, white and brown eggs are both essentially white. If you crack a brown egg and look at the inside, you'll see that it's a white egg with a brown coating. But a blue egg is blue all the way through.

Just to be even more fascinating and complex, a GREEN egg is a blue egg with a brown coating! How cool is that!

woah! i didnt even know there were green eggs. i knew about blue ones but green!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

And white is colored by ..... bone? Calcium?

I'm not sure since that's almost the default color (the bile colors the shell as well, just all the way through) but I always just assumed white was calcium's default color