Why am I getting speckled eggs?

[ju0424]

Is it from too much calcium? Both of these are from this morning so not from the same hen.

 

[sourland]

Sometimes it happens. I have had hens that produced eggs like that throughout their lifetime and others that produced such eggs sporadically, I don't think it has anything to do with accessible calcium.

 

[Trish1974]

Agree with sourland. I had a buff orp that laid eggs like that and a jersey giant whose eggs are always speckled dark. Always. I think they are beautiful and love the variations.

 

[snow5164]

Is it rough bumps? If it feels like little gravel bits it could be from too much calcium ... different colours and spots is normal and looks nice to me .

What are they eating ? Treats?

 

[ju0424]

Thanks for the advice!

 

[ju0424]

Is it rough bumps? If it feels like little gravel bits it could be from too much calcium ... different colours and spots is normal and looks nice to me .

What are they eating ? Treats?

No, not bumpy. They are on layer feed and I just put a dish of calcium in the coop yesterday because I had an egg without a shell. As the calcium was new and now today I have eggs different than what I was seeing, I wondered if the addition of the calcium would cause it and if maybe I should take it out.

 

[snow5164]

I’d leave it out, could be that they had too much since it was new. My eggs are often a rainbow of shades and colours , my customers say that what they like about farm eggs

 

[Chickassan]

People say "i'll never eat normal eggs again." I'm like mine are normal, the store eggs are freaks lol!

I’d leave it out, could be that they had too much since it was new. My eggs are often a rainbow of shades and colours , my customers say that what they like about farm eggs

 

[adstowe]

People say "i'll never eat normal eggs again." I'm like mine are normal, the store eggs are freaks lol!

Fact!

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Sometimes it happens. I have had hens that produced eggs like that throughout their lifetime and others that produced such eggs sporadically, I don't think it has anything to do with accessible calcium.

We are into the tail end of the egg season and as the egg season runs down the minerals that a chicken uses to color the exterior of the eggshell gets in short supply. When this happens the depth of the color on the outside of the eggshell decreases until next Spring.