White egg from a Rhode Island Red?

[Rob Sivulka]

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f....550845859007.2077311.68603109&type=1&theater Has this happened to anyone else? If so, what could be the cause? I just compared it to a store bought white egg, and mine is obviously more of a cream color.

 

[ChicKat]

Chickens, being the amazing creatures that they are....can run out of pigment. Brown eggs are actually white shells with a brown coating. In all liklihood, your RIR will return to brown eggs at some point.

I've had brown layers that sometimes do funny things with their eggshell pigment mechanism. I have also heard that a lot of heat and sunlight will lighten the sells colors on all chickens.