"Easter Egg" Hens' Eggs Not Pretty

[Caoimhin]

My two "easter egg" hens are almost a year old, and their eggs are brown. They have seven friends in the same coop, so I'm not sure which eggs are theirs, but I think they have a faint blue tinge to them. They are certainly not blue or green, though.

Just unfortunate (for me) genetics? Is there anything I can do to affect their color, short of breaking out a can of spray paint?

 

[nikkimay]

Nope - nothing that I know of that you can do... because they are "mixed breeds" the color of their eggs are not a sure thing...

 

[justusnak]

Im sorry to hear your EE are not the color you was hopeing for. I have 4 cross bred EE....and they lay a tan/pinkish egg. Not what I was hopeing for, so I got 5 more!

hopeing for blue and green. Doesnt really matter, the eggs are just as yummy!

 

[bigzio]

Yep the shades of the EE vairy alot and brown is one of the shades in the mix. I love brown eggs and any eggs that are home raised beat store bought nutritionally regardless of the color..... enjoy them and be thankful, I'am.

bigzio

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