Olive Egger Now Laying Blue Eggs

[LaFleche]

Gorgeous eggs!
I was curious if feed had anything to do with it but I don’t recall changing anything. They free range all day so who knows what they’re finding out there lol.

Feed and water additives can influence the bloom.

Try a day of adding ACV to their water and warch how the egg colour will change.

 

[aart]

Is it normal for a hen’s bloom to change suddenly? My olive egger has been laying for four months and until recently they were a gorgeous olive color.....I know OE’s lay blue shells with brown blooms so I’m curious if the bloom can fade this quickly even though she only started laying four months ago.

It's not the bloom, it's the coating, and yes it can be quite variable, especially if the brown derives from a very dark layer.

 

[Mebrou]

Feed and water additives can influence the bloom.

Try a day of adding ACV to their water and warch how the egg colour will change.

I’ll have to try it, thanks!

 

[Mebrou]

It's not the bloom, it's the coating, and yes it can be quite variable, especially if the brown derives from a very dark layer.

Interesting. The brown comes from her Golden Laced Cochin mother. Curious to see how it continues to fluctuate.

 

[Llpeters26]

Is it normal for a hen’s bloom to change suddenly? My olive egger has been laying for four months and until recently they were a gorgeous olive color. Lately they’ve been more of a mint green and one was so light it almost appeared blue. I know OE’s lay blue shells with brown blooms so I’m curious if the bloom can fade this quickly even though she only started laying four months ago. I’ll post a pic of her and a pic of her earlier eggs compared to today’s. She seems totally healthy except for the fact that I just noticed a small spot on each foot which is presumably early stages of bumblefoot (that I’m currently treating). The only info I can find regarding such a drastic change in bloom is when they’re ready to molt but that’s not the case here. Could be completely normal, we just haven’t seen this with any of our other hens and we’ve had up to 35 at one point. Thanks in advance!!

I had 3 olive eggers until we had a coyote attack that left me with just one sweet girl who now lays blue eggs. I assumed it was the trauma since she was a new layer at the time. It’s been about a year and she still gives blue