Hi all, I purchased three yearling EE hens from a woman and it took about three weeks before I saw an egg. It was greenish with brown speckles. Over the next 10 days I got 7 more, one of them a double yolker, but since I was getting only one egg a day I wasn't comparing shell color. The last one, though, was baby blue, very different from the others, and smaller, too. When I looked at the eggs together in the carton, I saw: 3 greenish with light brown speckles (one the double yolker) 3 plain greenish, no speckles 1 baby blue If it's true that hens' shell colors don't change, then wouldn't this mean all three of the EEs have now laid? Or is that bogus, and one girl could be laying all three colors? Three speckled on the top, plain greenish and plain baby blue middle row, and two used eggs (both speckled greenish) bottom row. The three EEs. They're all smaller than my 20-week old flock...maybe they are part banty?
You take really nice pictures. Egg color does not change. It may lighten due to what you are feeding, temperatures, or how long they have been laying. You would have to separate them out to see who is laying what, but for sure you have green and blue layers. The speckles CAN come and go. I think it would be a pretty good guess that all three are laying and this is your new egg basket. Congrats-very pretty and a stroke of good luck.
Yippee! Thanks, guys! Now if my other six pullets would start laying I'll be back in the egg business!
Yup, I would say all three are laying and boy, are those pretty EE's! Lucky you on the colorful eggs too! One of my EE's lays regular brown eggs - but they still taste good!
My EEs layed some-what different colored eggs. They either laid dark blue or a very very very very very very light blue colored eggs.
