Now explain how this happens!!

[FireTigeris]

I had white wooden eggs that worked well till one of my should be a brown egg layers went white on me- still have no clue who it is, its very faintly tinted like the color valve is stuck off or something...

(its not bleach white like a piece of 'super bright' paper - its closer to 'white newspaper' color (you know the coupon section).

She's been giving me an egg a day daily 12 of 14 days so I'm not complaining...

every once and awhile I have a smudge of pink-tan on it.

My egg buyers love all my eggs.

 

[Thomas423]

That is white as white can be.
If you open it up, you should be able to tell is it is store bought (pale yolk) or homegrown. My leghorns lay large white eggs, but way better than the ones from the store. I can hardly eat restaurant eggs anymore.
Time for a camera to see who's laying it (or pranking you)
Will be waiting for the video LOL

 

[FireTigeris]

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Yes looks very ... clean... keep the white ones for yourself?

Open it up to see if its the same yolk as yours

 

[7L Farm]

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Yes looks very ... clean... keep the white ones for yourself?

Open it up to see if its the same yolk as yours

I will. I really don't think its a prank because I'm always here at the farm & the egg was still warm like just layed. Not bragging on my chickens but they do lay poop free clean eggs. But trust me they have other issues. They look like they have been at war their dang near feather less but they sure lay some eggs. I guess in this heat who needs feathers anyway. LOL

 

[Thomas423]

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Funny

 

[v.cyr]

one of my hens lays white or nearly white eggs from time to time(my hens are BO and BR X BO crosses, and one black giant)... I just learned that the brown color on eggs isn't actually the shell but a pigment deposited on the outside, that can be buffed off(might be common knowledge to some, but I am still learning)... maybe there is some thing that could prevent the pigment from getting deposited on the egg?

 

[7L Farm]

Update. Third totally white egg in three days from I found out it's one of my RIR hen's. Are they gonna be white forever. Did she run out of food coloring? Is this normal or what. She's a year old & they lay alot of eggs but never totally white sure sometimes lighter than brown.

 

[ChicKat]

wow--- don't we all love a good mystery?

Since the egg coloring is the last layer from the chicken, maybe this particular RIR's color mechanism is turned off. (like an inkjet printer out of ink).

Keep track of this, especially since you know which one, and see how long it continues. -- RIR are brown layers normally right? You have a new strain that can lay a different color.

 

[FeatheredObsessions]

Is there any reason she would be putting the eggs through her system to fast? Stress, ill health? maybe the eggs aren't sitting in her tract long enough. Some of the darker egg laying chickenss lay darkest eggs to start and they fade a bit? Can't imagine she ran completely out though

 

[7L Farm]

Well, again another white egg thats 4 in a row.