amberchickens
In the Brooder
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I am trying to solve an egg color mystery. I have a variety of brown egg layers in my flock of 7, but I also have what I think is some kind of Welsummer cross from an “assorted green layers” bin at a local feed store and a Whiting’s true blue from Murray McMurray hatchery. Both birds are in the attached photo.
Here’s the mystery…I have no blue or green eggs and they’ve been laying since the beginning/middle of September.
I’ve attached photos of a strange type of egg I keep getting that I think might be from the supposed “green layer” Welsummer cross. The eggs appear to have a heavy bloom and speckles that look purple until they’re washed. No blue eggs from my WTB at all though…any idea why genetically a bird that is supposed to breed and lay true for blue eggs would lay brown instead?
Here’s the mystery…I have no blue or green eggs and they’ve been laying since the beginning/middle of September.
I’ve attached photos of a strange type of egg I keep getting that I think might be from the supposed “green layer” Welsummer cross. The eggs appear to have a heavy bloom and speckles that look purple until they’re washed. No blue eggs from my WTB at all though…any idea why genetically a bird that is supposed to breed and lay true for blue eggs would lay brown instead?