Observations on Egg Blooms

[Nardo]

 

[007Sean]

Wow.....those purple eggs are fabulous. I'd love a pink egg layer

Get some Copper pheasants.

 

[Suzi18]

Get some Copper pheasants.

They lay pink eggs? I've never raised pheasant.....maybe I should

 

[AmaranthineAcres]

Adding my own eggs to this thread: my black copper marans laid her second egg, this time more pullet-sized. Comparison to her first egg (bottom left), a Fiona egg (top right, EE), and a Mina egg (bottom right, Australorp). With a wet strip to show the heavier bloom. It's more maroon/mauve than this photo looks. Excited to see how her ink jets calibrate and whether she'll often have heavier blooms!

 

[gimmie birdies]

Today's gray.

 

[tn_artist]

This is fascinating! As an art teacher, this follows no color theory I have ever seen. As a colored egg enthusiast, I am enthralled!

 

[Jpajinag]

Today we got our first blue egg from one of our 2 Amerucanas. It was neat to get yet another color to our mixed flock. This thread is awesome! I’ve so much just reading it.

 

[AmaranthineAcres]

Today we got our first blue egg from one of our 2 Amerucanas. It was neat to get yet another color to our mixed flock. This thread is awesome! I’ve so much just reading it.

Congratulations! I can't wait for my Ameraucana to start laying. How many weeks old are yours?

 

[Smr]

You GUYS look at this incredible lavender egg from an OE at the Fourteen Acres Farm! Unbelievable bloom!
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That is a lovely egg!!

 

[chicksandchores]

I'm obsessed with this thread! I love all the different colors! Right now the strangest thing I've seen from my brown egg layers are very pale almost pink eggs that turn brown when wet and back pale when dry, dark flecks that wash off, a couple of "ombre" colors where one tip is much lighter than the other, and the most adorable flecks/freckles on an egg that are completely hidden when it's dry! I have GOT to get some colored egg layers; right now I have one black copper and one blue copper marans that should reach point of lay in late June or early July, those two will be the only deviation except for my California whites that are still only 7 weeks old right now and I'm dying to get my hands on some easter eggers/olive eggers/ameraucanas and such.