How does this happen?

[mpmb1227]

I recently pulled out an egg from one of my red sex links. Now, they lay brown eggs in a few different shades, but something was different about this one. On the top of the shell is a blue streak! And I mean BLUE, not a kind of blueish color. Is that normal for a brown egg layer to have blue in their shell?

 

[1muttsfan]

Does it wash off? It may be a thick layer of bloom.

 

[mpmb1227]

Haven't tried washing, but I did try to scratch it off, it's almost like a calcium deposit.

 

[aart]

Post a pic?

 

[Bocktobery 10]

Awesome! Would love to see a photo of it!

That's all we chicken lovers need is a breed of chickens that lay blue striped eggs!

 

[mebuff daisy]

Are you going to post a pic ?

 

[mpmb1227]

My apologies, I will when I have access to a computer as my phone won't let me post photos. It's not super exciting to be honest, it almost looks like someone took a blue crayon and drew a thin line about 1 inch long.

 

[ChicKat]

Awesome! Would love to see a photo of it!

That's all we chicken lovers need is a breed of chickens that lay blue striped eggs!

too true! We need more colors. LOL

 

[ChicKat]

I recently pulled out an egg from one of my red sex links. Now, they lay brown eggs in a few different shades, but something was different about this one. On the top of the shell is a blue streak! And I mean BLUE, not a kind of blueish color. Is that normal for a brown egg layer to have blue in their shell?

Maybe because you pulled it out?? ;O/

(kidding)


I had brown layers that laid spots on one or two occasions:




You can see that the one with the pen has some blue pigment (these were from hatchery Barred Plymouth Rocks) -- Sometimes chickens have irregularities in their pigment.

 

[mpmb1227]

Maybe because you pulled it out?? ;O/ (kidding) I had brown layers that laid spots on one or two occasions: You can see that the one with the pen has some blue pigment (these were from hatchery Barred Plymouth Rocks) -- Sometimes chickens have irregularities in their pigment.

That probably explains it since the eggs do have spots sometimes. Either way, I sure got a kick out of it!