My blue layer is now a brown layer! What?????

[JJ--]

Hi,

Last year our flock of five hens laid these eggs: a barnvielder (brown), a Swedish flower (cream), a cream legbar (light blue), and two crosses between a barnvelder and a leg bar (both were sea green eggs).

Last year daily I only had one brown collected and three blue/blue green eggs collected. Now I am getting two browns and two blue/blue green eggs. Can an EE/hybrid change the egg colors each laying season?

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Pictures of the birds in question would be helpful.

 

[aart]

As far as I know....a blue shell layer cannot turn into a white shell layer.

 

[JJ--]

She is a mix of a blue and brown layer. Last year she gave us sea green eggs and this year she is giving us tan eggs. Pic of three eggs, the top two are her sea green eggs.

There is no way that my brown layer is laying two eggs a day every day??

 

[aart]

Those eggs look greenish to me.
When you break the eggs to eat, immediately peel off the inner membranes to see what color the shell is.
The depth of the brown coating over a pale blue shell can make eggs looker browner than greener.

 

[Cadence A Waller]

Interesting... never heard of a chicken changing the color of egg that it lays... looking forward to seeing what the others post.

 

[JJ--]

Thanks! Guess I am having eggs for lunch!! Will let you know how it goes.

Those eggs look greenish to me.
When you break the eggs to eat, immediately peel off the inner membranes to see what color the shell is.
The depth of the brown coating over a pale blue shell can make eggs looker browner than green.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

She is a mix of a blue and brown layer. Last year she gave us sea green eggs and this year she is giving us tan eggs. Pic of three eggs, the top two are her sea green eggs.

There is no way that my brown layer is laying two eggs a day every day??

From the picture those eggs look tinted not green. At the beginning of the laying cycle the eggs tend to be darker and then lighten as the season goes on.

 

[JJ--]

Hi Aart,

Not sure if you saw both photos.. The top photo of the green eggs (three eggs in photo) was taken last year. The bottom photo of single tan egg was taken this morning. It’s the tan egg that’s throwing me off.. but I will try the trick and see if it works.

Those eggs look greenish to me.
When you break the eggs to eat, immediately peel off the inner membranes to see what color the shell is.
The depth of the brown coating over a pale blue shell can make eggs looker browner than greener.

 

[aart]

Hi Aart,

Not sure if you saw both photos.. The top photo of the green eggs (three eggs in photo) was taken last year. The bottom photo of single tan egg was taken this morning. It’s the tan egg that’s throwing me off.. but I will try the trick and see if it works.

I did.
Last years aren't that green...tho pics don't always show color well.

At the beginning of the laying cycle the eggs tend to be darker and then lighten as the season goes on.

Guessing this may be the answer.

I'm having eggs for lunch too!