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[willowegg55]

I've got all brown layers but have some laying white eggs what caused this?

 

[Kelsie2290]

Egg color does naturally lighten as hens age in general and as they get farther along in a particular laying cycle, so brown layers may lay really light colored tan eggs by the end of the cycle. Otherwise the main culprits seem to be stress, disease and various drugs. Here is a good article on what causes brown eggs to turn white http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/vm047

 

[willowegg55]

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Egg color does naturally lighten as hens age in general and as they get farther along in a particular laying cycle, so brown layers may lay really light colored tan eggs by the end of the cycle. Otherwise the main culprits seem to be stress, disease and various drugs. Here is a good article on what causes brown eggs to turn white http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/vm047[/quo