Is This Normal?

[TammyRoesch]

I'm a Greenie . My 44 - 4.5 month old hens are just beginning to lay eggs. Some of them have speckles and other markings. Is this normal? I just want to make sure that it doesn't mean they are lacking anything in their diet. Thanks for your help in advance!

 

[Chicks in VA]

I'm a Greenie . My 44 - 4.5 month old hens are just beginning to lay eggs. Some of them have speckles and other markings. Is this normal? I just want to make sure that it doesn't mean they are lacking anything in their diet. Thanks for your help in advance!

I think its normal except the 2 with white all over them
but i don't think that's a problem

 

[Mrs. K]

What is a Greenie?

There is a lot of normal variation in egg coloring in a single chicken - all normal. I think most of us grew up on perfectly matched white eggs... not because they don't have variation in the big coops - but because they sort them to all look the same.

Mrs K

 

[TammyRoesch]

What is a Greenie?

There is a lot of normal variation in egg coloring in a single chicken - all normal. I think most of us grew up on perfectly matched white eggs... not because they don't have variation in the big coops - but because they sort them to all look the same.

Mrs K

A "Greenie" means I am NEW and don't know anything . Thanks for your post

 

[Mrs. K]

Well welcome to a very fun hobby!

 

[Callender Girl]

These look like pretty normal eggs to me. Speckles aren't unusual; my girls occasionally produce excess white stuff on their shells. I've always thought it was just calcium deposits (no scientific basis for that belief). But, I wouldn't be concerned. There are some nice eggs in that carton!

 

[TammyRoesch]

I have another question for you all . My girls are young, just 4.5 months. The eggs seem on the small side. As the girls get bigger, will the eggs get bigger or does that not change?

 

[Callender Girl]

Pretty normal for the first eggs to be smallish. They will nearly always get bigger.

 

[Isadora]

I have another question for you all . My girls are young, just 4.5 months. The eggs seem on the small side. As the girls get bigger, will the eggs get bigger or does that not change?

They normally start out smaller and get a little larger, depending on the breed you keep.
Very nice carton of eggs.

 

[TammyRoesch]

They normally start out smaller and get a little larger, depending on the breed you keep.
Very nice carton of eggs.

Thank you .