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Is this a pigment issue? Should I be concerned?

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My blue hen (who may or may not be a Rhode Island Blue) lays these eggs occasionally with with what I think is a pigment "spot." I know it doesn't impact the egg for eating, but am curious if I should be concerned. The hen is about 10 months, is one of my more prolific layers, and behaving typically. Is it just "one of those things" or is there something I should be looking for?

This video is the same egg as the first image. It was difficult to see. The second image shows a speckled egg she laid last week.
 

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Some hens just lay odd eggs.

I once had one whose eggs were pixelated:

How odd. I get a lot of ombré colored eggs. My ISA Browns laid them as they got older, but now my younger girls - 1 wyandotte and 1 orpington, always lay eggs that start darker and end lighter. I admit I do love being able to tell which hen laid which egg.
 

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