quail laid an odd egg?

[buttercup95]

So my quail have been laying eggs for a few months now and I go out to find this egg and another one that was solid sky blue. Anyone know the problem? they get oyster shells and 22% protein so is there some other factor? I got one blue egg a few weeks ago but it was only the one so I chalked it up to them getting use to laying but now I have two weird ones...

I don't know if you can tell, but the bottom is solid blue too it just has a broad white stripe going horizontally across it.

 

[silver-quail]

That's what happens when u have robins breeding your quails

 

[silver-quail]

Keep up the good work and u won't have to paint Easter eggs

 

[buttercup95]

lol well I think I might have phantom robins then. My quail are in a small enclosure and they're white coturnix.,..

 

[bugglesmommy]

Beautiful eggs! I don't have an answer to that but I would sure like to know myself. I got a light green egg from mine today!

 

[buttercup95]

I've gotten eggs like that before too. I've never paid much attention, but is that unusual too? I'm new to quail but I sure would like to know.

 

[bugglesmommy]

I've only had quail for about 6 months, but I have never had an egg like that before. They are normally the typical brown mottled eggs. I have no idea what could cause a randomly pretty egg!

 

[buttercup95]

Yeah I've only had quail since june so I'm totally clueless about different colored eggs. It sure would be neat to have them lay these consistently!

 

[DoubletakeFarm]

Are you feeding them anything that is high in carotenoids? Check this out: http://hencam.com/henblog/2012/02/brown-green-blue-white-chicken-egg-color-the-real-story/

 

[buttercup95]

You know what? Sometimes their water gets algae in it. So maybe that's what caused it. I usually clean it when I see it but I guess they might have had enough time to eat a bit of it. The algae from what I read contains carotenoids. Thanks for the read it was super interesting and informing.