Tiny specks on the inside on eggshell.

[Farmgirlintheruff]

Are they brown eggs? If they are it's far more likely it is the brown pigment leaching to the inside of the shell through the pores.

Yes! They are brown eggs. I have thought that was possible, just wish someone could confirm this.

 

[FortCluck]

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Yes, the spots are on the shell, under the membrane. The spots don't stain the membrane or transfer to the yoke or white

That's just pigment on the shell. This pic would've helped me a lot yesterday morning

 

[Rose Quartz]

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Yes, the spots are on the shell, under the membrane. The spots don't stain the membrane or transfer to the yoke or white

Yep it's just the color from the shell going through. It's perfectly fine to eat. I've seen it lots of times even in store bought eggs.

 

[Farmgirlintheruff]

That's just pigment on the shell. This pic would've helped me a lot yesterday morning

Any idea why it would appear all of a sudden like that? No feed change.

 

[Farmgirlintheruff]

Yep it's just the color from the shell going through. It's perfectly fine to eat. I've seen it lots of times even in store bought eggs.

Thank you!!! This really sets my mind to ease. I was going a bit crazy.

 

[Rose Quartz]

Any idea why it would appear all of a sudden like that? No feed change.

Possibly thinner shell, the bumps on the outside could also make it easier for the pigment to pass through, or it just spent longer inside the hen getting painted. I've noticed it most on eggs that have speckles.

 

[FortCluck]

Any idea why it would appear all of a sudden like that? No feed change.

I call it their paint sprayer... Sometimes it just acts all wonky when an egg is being made. Sometimes I get speckled shells and I have no speckled egg layers.

It would be that too much pigmentation got put onto the egg and the more porous an egg is the more it'll come through the shell.

 

[aart]

Well, I do hope someone out there will have an answer, or hopefully someone else has seen this too. We are eating them, and as I said before, have been since November with no ill effects. It is just worries me a tad.

Did you not see these replies?

Just pigment in the shell then......Whew! Eh?

Yes, I wouldn’t worry! Just pigmentation associated with the shell, and not affecting the egg interior (edible part).

I still wonder if that shell is porous.