I'm seeing spots!

[Nupe]

Anyone notice that in the egg disorders article that spots on eggshells is listed? If spotted eggs were a bad thing, I would be very sad.

Anyway, been playing with the new camera...

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

They look like speckled Welsummer eggs to me (their eggs are often speckled). Nice pics there!

Perhaps this is what you had read about?
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/1/egg-quality-handbook/21/pimples
(calcium deposits)

 

[donrae]

I think they're just listed in the disorder article because folks freak out and think there's something wrong with them. I love my speckled eggs. Camera work nowhere near as good as yours, but....

 

[Nupe]

They look like speckled Welsummer eggs to me (their eggs are often speckled). Nice pics there!

Perhaps this is what you had read about?
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/1/egg-quality-handbook/21/pimples
(calcium deposits)

And right you are! The top 5 are Welsummers' and the last one is a SLW egg. I didn't know you could get white spots on a tan egg.

This is the article I was referring to...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/common-egg-quality-problems

I think they're just listed in the disorder article because folks freak out and think there's something wrong with them. I love my speckled eggs. Camera work nowhere near as good as yours, but....

When I finally made up my mind about my flock, I wanted a colorful egg basket and a colorful flock. I chose EEs, SLWs and Wellies. I thought the EE eggs would be my favorite but then I started seeing spots! I have to say, discovering different patterns and color contrasts on my eggs have brought me more smiles than I would ever have guessed.

Turkey?

 

[donrae]

Nope, mutt chicken. Her breeding is something like my home made bsl rooster over a Leghorn/EE hen, if I recall correctly.



She escaped the big sell-off last winter by going broody the very day I posted the CL ad. Raised a nice batch of chicks for me, took a winter break and just started laying again this month.

 

[Nupe]

Lovely.

Makes me wonder what I'll get in the future since I plan on letting the flock replenish itself rather than buy more. I have an EE that has that same color body but grey legs and a mostly red head. I love the red and blue feathers.

 

[donrae]

Yep, I love my mixed surprises!

 

[aart]

Beautiful pics...I love macros shots!

The white spots may be excess bloom.....see if they wash off.

I like all the variety too....whether it's shell coloring or 'spray booth' coloring or bloom or what ever....grocery eggs are boring.

 

[Nupe]

I rinsed a different egg under running water while rubbing with my hands. The spots went away until it dried.


To compare the actual size here's the whole egg:

 

[Nupe]

Got one of those funky purple/lavender spotted eggs today.