meezers Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Until yesterday, I had 4 chooks laying - Elsie hadn't layed for almost 4 weeks. My laying chooks have been very accommodating, laying eggs easily distinguished by colour or shape. Yesterday Margo had a day off, but I collected 4 eggs from the nest box - one had a rather odd orange tint, I'd seen Elsie go into the nest box so I guessed she'd started to lay again but the orange tinted egg was nothing like the colour she used to lay - supermarket beige, never mind, maybe just a blip while she gets going again. Anyway, I was at home this morning so decided to 'stake out' the nest box, for 2 1/2 hours I ran out every 10 mins to check who was in which nest box -Elsie, Hattie and Lottie all crammed into the one favourite nest box - no queuing here- must have all been desperate ! no phaffing about for Bluebelle, she had the other nestbox all to herself ( or maybe it's cos she's SO noisy, no-one wants to share with her ! ) Bluebelle finished, I went and collected her large pinky/purple egg. Hattie and Lottie came out, Elsie was left sitting on all 3 eggs. When she came out I went to fetch 1 beige egg ( Hatties ) one small brown egg ( Lotties ) and one large pinky/purple egg identical to Bluebelles ! All I can think is that Elsie sat herself down in the nestbox, peered over the divide and saw Bluebelles' egg and thought ' Ooohh ! I like that, think I'll do one just like it !' God knows what colour I'll get if she lays tomorrow ! Has anyone else had chooks that change egg colour on a whim ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenlass Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 LOL...Does what they eat affect the shell colour at all or is that just the yolks? Fancy that...A traffic light egg layer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FruitandNutCake Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 My eggs change slightly in colour and texture, so I guess it is down to what they eat. Although I'm not sure what they eat when they free range! Mine had a few strawberries and blueberries last night, but didn't notice any change in egg colour today - so maybe it has a delayed effect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Bless her, maybe it's like changing your hairstyle - some stick to one style and never change, others like to be a bit different every day! One of my gingernuts is like that - sometimes I have to wait until everyone else has laid before I can be certain which is hers - they are always big, but can be different shapes or shades and sometimes speckley! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
