The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[Kung_pao]

I love the dark brown eggs of Marans but the nesting material sure tends to stick to it!

That’s true, and if you try to wash them they super slippery for some reason. I rinse my eggs with peroxide before incubating and those buggers are hard to hold on to. I guess it’s that outer layer of brown they deposit.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

That’s true, and if you try to wash them they super slippery for some reason. I rinse my eggs with peroxide before incubating and those buggers are hard to hold on to. I guess it’s that outer layer of brown they deposit.

Either the dense coat of pigment or the bloom, I don't know which but they are definitely wet!