New EEs Started Laying Today! BSLs and EEs Are Not Buddies -Yet- Uh Oh!!!!

[aart]

Also, I didn’t realize that most breeds stop laying or slow down significantly after they turn two.

Not most breeds, but high production hybrids can often fit that scenario.

So what will removing the white membrane tell me?

Will show if shell color is white or blue.

Chicken eggs come in two colors, white and blue.

Yes, shells are either white or blue.
Brown coating comes in various shades of brown.
Bloom can be tinted and affect final egg color too.

 

[Miks]

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Chicken eggs come in two colors, white and blue. That's the actual shell colors. and the tan/ brown/ green shades come from the 'bloom' overlying the shell.
I either have broody raised chicks out with the flock, or brooder chicks who move to their separate coop section by three weeks of age, with their heater. By five weeks, when they don't need extra heat, they start being allowed out with the flock, and integration is easy.
Flockmates are 'family' and will tend to stick together for a long time.
Mary

Thank you Aart!!! Okay so I took two pictures. One with the inside after membrane was removed from a brown, green and the grey eggs. I took a second picture of the shells same order. As s disclaimer, the middle shell does not have the membrane removed. I should have removed it before I took a picture. But it does give a comparison.

Thoughts?