Suddenly getting white eggs

[JetBlack]

She laid special ones for Easter maybe?

 

[urbanfarmer101]

My buffs are laying all white eggs too. It is so strange.

 

[KDbeads]

We are still getting thin shelled white eggs from her and the occasional shelless egg as well. Still have NO idea what's causing it either. I changed the oyster shell, added a separate cup of ground up egg shell if they wanted it, bought a new bag of feed......

Nada.

Everyone else is FINE! Nice eggs from everyone now, no other problems. Only meds they've been on is Tylan 50 for 5 days this past week for a URI that showed up in two silkies. That doesn't account for the white eggs BEFORE the 1st.

Totally stumped.

 

[Pheatherz]

Interesting subject. I have a quad of standard Silver Laced Cochins that lay medium brown eggs. They are young hens and all three of them started laying their first eggs in January/February. One day I was collecting eggs about 3 weeks ago and there was a white egg in the nest of the tractor that houses only my Silver Laced Cochin quad. I have my tractors in a fenced area that is padlocked (all of my chicken coops/runs are fenced/padlocked), so I know that no one placed a white egg in their nest. This has only happened once and the egg was not thin-shelled, but at the time, their eggs were much larger than usual.

I am relieved that this has happened to other chicken lovers. This odd event is now resolved, but still nonetheless a mystery as to what caused it (no DE or change in diet, etc.)

 

[DaveD]

Maybe try re-posting in the diseases and emergency section?
-David

 

[Why and Dotte]

I don't think it's anything to worry about,
I have a wyandotte hen that's two and her eggs had always been nice and brown up until now she's laying very light cream eggs-not quite store white though.
"oompah loompa"

I had that going on in my head as well!

 

[KDbeads]

It's not really an emergency. It's just REALLY odd.

And I know I've come on here and seen people being told color change of the shell can't happen. It does.

 

[bgelber]

I'm glad I'm not the only one. One of my light brown egg layers is laying a light yellow egg and another one that was laying a pale brown egg is now laying a light pink egg. The only thing that has changed was I noticed that the last bag off feed that I bought from the co-op had changed slightly.

Plus my egg production is down by about 50%, but I had figured this was due to the weather.

 

[ybmagpye]

I just had one of my Favaerolle hens lay a snow white egg yesterday, and my first thought was, "OK, who snuck a white egg in there...?"

Here's how I see it. The yolk goes down the bird's egglaying tract, and then the albumum is added onto the yolk, and next comes the membrane, then the shell is added on. The last step is like a spray paint job, the eggshell color is added to the white shell (or maybe the eggshell color is already part of the shell that was added on? Oh well. I've always visualized the egg laying process as being like a car running though a car wash... you know, first the water, then the soap, then a scrub, etc. So I'm thinking my hen's egg must have come out white because her paint spray is jammed up or not working.

Ok, I know that's not scientific, but that's how I visualize it all. I should go online and search out the steps for an egg to come out, from yolk (with or without fertillized ova) to ready to hit the nest.

Any other theories out there?

 

[ChooksChick]

I'm really curious now- would everyone who has had this happen please list what feed you use, and where it was produced? It should be on the little paper tag that is sewn into the bottom seam.

Also, if you use any other commercial treats, mixes, supplements, vitamins for water, etc. please list the item? I'm painfully curious...