- Jan 22, 2014
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Okay I'm really good with chickens and have had them for years. I love them. But I have a question I never really got an answer to. Three of my chickens have been laying for three years. They are buff orpingtons. Now they're not laying and a little while ago had huge white eggs when they were suppose to be brown. Is this just because they're to old or what? Thanks anyway!!
~HenoftheHouse~Rachel~
~HenoftheHouse~Rachel~
and Welcome To BYC! Did your girls stop laying for the winter and go into molt? They seem healthy otherwise? There are diseases etc that can cause it, but as long as they are healthy it is hopefully just because of their age and the number of eggs they laid. Brown egg layers tend to lay lighter eggs as they get older and as chickens keep laying eggs during a certain cycle, their eggs tend to get lighter the longer they lay in that cycle, Orps tend to lay fairly light brown eggs to start with, so if older hens have laid for months the eggs may very well look almost white. They should be the more normal light brown color when they start up again after having stopped for molting or winter etc. 
