Weird pale egg from brown egg layers

I agree. My Australorp eggs can be a real range. Anywhere from a pale cream, to fairly dark tan, to Pink! The bloom can really vary and change the appearance big time. That said, I also just got a pretty light, speckled egg that appears to have had "the dye applicator malfunction" lol Looks beautifully speckled like my Welsummers, but just lacks the final spray of dark terracotta. 🤷 I'm sure they all fry up nice! 👍
 
I had that happen in my Welsummer. They are laying for the first time - took them a few eggs to get the system down - my larger Welsummer had a lot of soft shelled eggs. She seems to be making perfect beautiful eggs now. The food is the same as for my olive Egger… who from day one - her first egg was PERFECT and huge. I was expecting fairy eggs. But just got pale soft shelled eggs. But it’s been a week since they started and everyone is laying nice healthy eggs now - and they are all laying in the nest boxes too … HOW DO THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO? Hahah.
 
I have Barred Rocks. Most of the time, I get the usual tan or light brown eggs. Every so often, I'll get an egg that is very pale, almost white. I really enjoy seeing the variety in colors when I go out to collect eggs.
 
Hi,

All of my chickens are brown egg layers - australorps, red star, welsummer cross (olive Egger that ended up laying speckled brown instead of green), and I have one Whiting true blue who of course lays blue eggs.

Today I went to collect eggs and found this weird, washed out egg that is almost a pinkish cream color. None of my hens have ever laid an egg that color. I was reading that it could be related to all kinds of things…stress, temperatures (we went from a storm with windchills of 20 below to 40 degree weather so it’s been nuts here), illness, parasites. All the hens are about 9 months old, so I don’t think it’s age related.

What should I be watching for in my chickens going forward? Is the egg itself safe to eat?
My 2 youngest laid their first eggs yesterday!!!..and they are weird. And all my hens are brown egg layers...so I think it's just because it's a first attempt.?
The picture is what I normally get, on top, while the ones underneath we are assuming are Mildreds, a 6 mos Delaware White and Tooter is 5.5 mos RIR.
Thoughts??
 

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