Multicoloured egg?

[Holland89]

Afternoon everyone,

My Swedish Isbar (roughly 6m old) started laying today and her egg, which should be a solid olive green has a blue band around it. I was wondering if this is a first time laying fluke? I'm not overly worried just curious. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[orloffer]

It seems like something that will be resolved as her body adjusts to laying. Congratulations to your hen on her first egg!

 

[Gray Farms]

Uneven shell coating. Common with newly laying pullets.

 

[Ridgerunner]

How unique! You might blow that out and make a Christmas ornament with it.

The base color of that egg shell is blue. If you open an olive egg and remove the membrane inside you will see that the shell is blue underneath. What makes it olive instead of blue is that the hen lays a brown coating on the egg after the egg is finished but is still in the shell gland.

She just had an issue putting that brown coating on. No big deal. You can get all kinds of strange things, especially when a pullet is just starting to lay. That's just another one. I think it would be neat if she would keep doing that but she'll probably correct the problem.

 

[RebelEgger]

That’s is a beautiful egg, very unique! Congrats to you and your egg laying lady! I’m with @Ridgerunner, that one should be a keeper!

 

[BuckeyeAmy69]

She's just showing off!

 

[Medodge]

Oh I got a striped one out of my new layer too.

 

[CluckerFamily]

Have you cracked them open? Are the inside of the shell the color of the stripe?
Some of my EE's have a brighter blue on the inside of their shells or even a green egg with blue on the inside.

 

[Medodge]

My daughter has been eating them faster than I can get to them.