deejmum Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Anyone got any ideas about this one? Do you think it's from a white layer or a brown layer [/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phosphorus Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 I would say a brown egg layer and the pigment as gone a bit screwy Not sure why though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Apparently you can wipe the pigment off if you get the egg fresh enough, but I've seen Matilda lay an egg (I was sitting in the copp at the time ) and I picked it up to see if it was true and the colour stayed on, so it could just be a myth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen&Lee Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Has she just started laying? My Speckledy laid her first egg on Monday, it had a cream shell, Tuesday's cream with dark spots and today's egg had a dark brown shell - which was what I was expecting her to lay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejmum Posted July 23, 2008 Author Share Posted July 23, 2008 She started laying about three weeks ago(if it is pip pip who i suspect it is). She regularly lays double yolkers and softies, and her second egg ever was a triple yolker! However this two toner is another thing altogether! She certainly likes to keep us guessing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 We had an egg like this a few weeks back, was the surface a bit rough where the lighter pigmentation was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs chook Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 She regularly lays double yolkers and softies, and her second egg ever was a triple yolker! However this two toner is another thing altogether! She certainly likes to keep us guessing! What a talented young lady she is My 's have laid ones with a variation of shell tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejmum Posted July 24, 2008 Author Share Posted July 24, 2008 We had an egg like this a few weeks back, was the surface a bit rough where the lighter pigmentation was? Yes the shell was very rough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejmum Posted July 24, 2008 Author Share Posted July 24, 2008 When I first read this I thought it said tonne , as in the weight. Was expecting to see a MAAAASSIVE egg, then became slightly . xx Oh how I laughed when I saw your post scrambled! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing cloud Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 I sometimes find brown/white marbled eggs as well, and the white part is always rougher on the surface. Don't know why, but it doesn't seem like anything to worry about, and the eggs taste just fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Mine occasionally do eggs like that. I think the white is extra calcium deposits. Don't think it's anything to worry about, just another egg anomoly! (sp?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
