Easter Eggers laying varied egg colors

[saving grace]

I have seven 22 week old EEs, and 5 of them are now laying. I've noticed that their egg color varies a lot from day to day. Sometimes it's a nice dark olive, or light green, and even blue sometimes. I know I'm not getting the pullets mixed up since I keep track of which pullet is in which nesting box. When I got my EEs I knew that they only lay one color for life, maybe a little color difference in each egg, but from green to blue seems like more than a small change. Is this normal? Has anyone else noticed the same thing in their EE hens?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

If you have five of them, the egg colors are coming form different birds. Each EE will lay a slightly different shade. Congrats on the new layers!

 

[saving grace]

If you have five of them, the egg colors are coming form different birds.

It would seem that I'm getting the pullets mixed up, but I keep a close eye on which one is laying in which nesting box. I know my pullets extremely well, and I wouldn't mistake one for another.

Congrats on the new layers!

And thank you! They are absolutely wonderful.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Pullet won't always lay in the same box every day and pullets will share boxes

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I have a girl who, every laying season, starts up green and finishes blue. I have another who wouldn’t be caught dead laying eggs with any green.

See, this spring she was laying green.

Now blue.

 

[saving grace]

Pullet won't always lay in the same box every day and pullets will share boxes

What I meant by checking on who's in which nesting box is that every morning when I go to collect eggs, I check to see which pullet is in which nesting box at that certain time. They never share boxes, either. I've never found 2 EE eggs in one box on the same day. They hate sharing apparently.

 

[saving grace]

I have a girl who, every laying season, starts up green and finishes blue. I have another who wouldn’t be caught dead laying eggs with any green. View attachment 2830070View attachment 2830071
See, this spring she was laying green. View attachment 2830072
Now blue.

Beautiful eggs! Maybe it's because they have just started laying. For now, they're all over the place.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Beautiful eggs! Maybe it's because they have just started laying. For now, they're all over the place.

On a similar note I also have a girl who lays brown (she’s a SS).
The brown egg here:

is hers.
That was this spring.
Her egg today:

 

[Hilltop Flock]

I have a hen who goes between aquamarine and green. I think the bloom and the amount of dye each egg receives varies, even day to day—but especially when first laying, before molting, etc. she has always laid 4-5 XL eggs week.

P.s. she is an EE as well.

 

[Cryss]

As the laying season comes to an end the spray paint room runs low on tint. A green egg is the result of a blue shell being sprayed with brown tint. An Olive egg is a blue egg sprayed with dark chocolate tint. The spray gets clearer as we approach molting season. Enjoy the rainbow!