Random egg

[krys2000]

Good Afternoon to you all!

Today, my daughter came running in shock to show me that one of our gals laid a completely white egg. We have 3 Buff Orps and 3 Barred Rocks. They're 2 years old. They always lay brown to a light tan color egg. Is there something wrong?

 

[sumi]

There are a few factors that influence the egg colour, or lack of it, in your case. The most common causes are stress and disease. Here is a very interesting article on eggshell pigmentation that explains the process and factors influencing egg shell colour:

http://hencam.com/henblog/2012/02/brown-green-blue-white-chicken-egg-color-the-real-story/

 

[chfite]

We got a white one the other day. 9 hens usually laying varying shades of brown. I guess white is a very light shade of brown.

Chris

 

[krys2000]

Cool! Thanks for those articles!