New egg colour?

[KirstKennedy]

I have 4 chickens. 1 OE, 1 saphire gem and 2 silkie mixes. The silkie mixes are only 3.5 months old. The other 2 have been laying for about a month. Then today I collected a blue egg from the coop. Is it possible my OE laid a different colour egg?

 

[SueT]

well, what are the Silkies mixed with? And are you sure of their age?

 

[KirstKennedy]

well, what are the Silkies mixed with? And are you sure of their age?

The possible mixes is too many to list but the one is a sizzle and the other appears to be a polish/silkie. I'm sure of their age. I hatched them myself. They were 16 weeks old 2 days ago. They're significantly smaller than my other 2 and neither have a comb yet. They also hatched from eggs much smaller than this blue egg in question.

 

[SueT]

Size doesn't count for new layers, they can lay tiny eggs. And many pullets do lay at 16 weeks. You'll have to update if/when you get more! And how about some pics of the chickens?

 

[KirstKennedy]

Size doesn't count for new layers, they can lay tiny eggs. And many pullets do lay at 16 weeks. You'll have to update if/when you get more! And how about some pics of the chickens?

Here is my meager flock.

 

[aart]

Is it possible my OE laid a different colour egg?

It's possible that your OE laid an egg without the brown coating that makes a blue shell green.

 

[lazy gardener]

Agreed with aart. This is the most likely scenario.

 

[funnyfoshay]

pretty flowers and chickens

 

[KirstKennedy]

It's possible that your OE laid an egg without the brown coating that makes a blue shell green.

I think this is what happened!