Pro - Does anyone else's nest boxes get soaked in rain?

[Chickabee]

That my white star could have started off laying normal colour eggs and now changed to white eggs. I'm really baffled by this

[sjp]

it depends on what goes into the make up of a white star

assuming that there's a brown or tinted egg layer in the mix then yes it's possible as brown eggs do get lighter as the season goes on

but I think I read some were that a white star is made up of 2 strains of leghorn in which case in theory you shouldn't get brown or tinted eggs there.

my gold legbar lays lightly tinted eggs early in the season but after a few eggs lays white ones but she has got a brown egg layer in her genes

[Chickabee]

Mm I think a bit of skulduggery might have gone on, as I got a "bale egg" laying legs bar cross from the same place. She only lays normal colour eggs

[The Dogmother]

As sjp has said, this can happen, and unless you are buying a pure breed, you can't always be sure. If you want a certain colour of eggs, then you are best to wait until they are laying so that yoh can buy in confidence.

 

I have two lovely Blue Angels.... a white leghorn x araucana, and they lay beautiful, pale turquoise eggs.

[Lewis]

White Stars are a Leghorn and so they should never lay brown eggs, I don't think any breeder would cross anything with them which could affect the egg colour.

 

A Legbar cross on the other hand could lay brown eggs, though I'd question the breeding.