Egg shell colours.

Phil Black Rock · Post by **Phil Black Rock** » 04 Sep 2007, 19:32

My 6 Black Rocks now about 6 months old have been laying nice brown eggs - but I now get a white one each day, tastes just the same so its not a problem, but is it usuall for shell colours to change.

)chu: )c+

Phil*

b_cos_1_can · Post by **b_cos_1_can** » 04 Sep 2007, 20:20

mine lay four different coloured eggs.

they vary from brown to almost white....like a creamy colour!

each colour comes from a different chook so i know who laid it by the colour of their eggs!

maybe one of yours has just started laying or feels like a change of scenery :P shes just being a girl and keeping you on your feet....thats what us girls do :wink:

Post by Mo » 04 Sep 2007, 20:53

Or maybe it's Aggie, sneaking in to confuse everyone.
Mine are varied in colour, so I can usually tell from the colour (and shape) which hen has laid. But sometimes the eggs are paler than other times; if the eggshells are thinner they may be paler, if they've not laid for a while they may have more pigment.

Post by **wendy** » 04 Sep 2007, 22:28

I can't tell who has laid what. Well I couldn't. Now I don't get too many from the oldies

. The new girls are the same colour also.
Wendy

melons · Post by **melons** » 05 Sep 2007, 08:15

I can tell all of my girls eggs by colour shape & size, & only one lays in the proper nest box, one doesn't know what eggs are, so I only have 4 a day to give a birth certificate to, but they should go by the colour of their ears, white ears = white eggs, brown ears = brown eggs, why yours are changing colour from day to day, who knows

mel

Post by **wendy** » 05 Sep 2007, 08:36

People will think you're daft looking at chickens ear colours. :mrgreen:

Verity · Post by **Verity** » 05 Sep 2007, 09:03

Our warrens lay uniformly brown eggs... but the BR lays anything from dark cream to pure white... though I have noticed that the whiter they are, the thinner the shells.

Willow · Post by **Willow** » 05 Sep 2007, 10:22

My black rocks also occasionally lay a single white egg.. but I have noticed that the egg is either rough to touch or is slightly thinner.. the very thin eggs mine have produced are all brown though ^b:

Phil Black Rock · Post by **Phil Black Rock** » 05 Sep 2007, 12:28

Glad its not my chooks that are different, we all get "odd" colours at times then it seems.

Phil* )chu:

Emmamoo · Post by **Emmamoo** » 05 Sep 2007, 20:04

My pekins lay me lovely white eggs. Wednesday pops out some larger ones than Nelly, who lays every day (she's a good girl!) but Daisy hasn't started laying yet, shes just taking her time. But I can tell who's laid what by size and texture. Wednesday's are much smoother than Nelly's. I love my chooks!

Gwenoakes · Post by **Gwenoakes** » 06 Sep 2007, 08:26

Well I have to ask guys, where are chooks ears please? I know I should maybe know, but I dont :oops:

My eggs have varied in colour from white right through to quite dark brown. All smooth textured though. They taste good too :-D

AnnaB · Post by **AnnaB** » 06 Sep 2007, 09:51

Hi Gwenoakes
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/ap ... .Zo.r.html
For a 'novice' that is a very good question - I didn't know that mind you I have only been keeping them for 2 years.
I shall inspect them all when I go out to feed them!
Anna

Post by Mo » 06 Sep 2007, 10:23

AnnaB wrote:I shall inspect them all when I go out to feed them!
Anna

So shall I when I go to look for eggs.
I can't imagine it though

Post by **wendy** » 06 Sep 2007, 12:23

They are under the feathers, just to the back of the eye. Looks like there is a bit of wattle over it. But I don't think that is anything to do with it. Not a very good description though. Just a hole in the head really.
Wendy

Post by Mo » 06 Sep 2007, 19:49

Are the earlobes the little circular patch of feathers below the eye?
Mine are all the same colour as their other feathers.