Changed Egg color, Jersey Giants?

[Mike_g]

So we've got 9 Barred Rock, 8 Golden comets, 8 Jersey Giants. They'll be 2 years old this memorial Day. All hens, except for maybe a couple Jersey Giant roosters. They have laid up to 24 eggs in a day. Each of the three varieties lays a distinctively colored egg-golden comets lay darker brown eggs, barred rocks lay lighter brown, slightly more elongated eggs, and the Jersey Giants have historically laid a cream colored egg.

This winter, they molted for the first time. They stopped laying eggs for a little while, but the golden comets and barred rocks started laying after a few weeks cessation. Today, their egg production is back up to near previous levels, 21 eggs today. I have only seen one Jersey Giant colored egg over the past 3 months.

What is going on? Are the Jersey Giant's now laying different colored eggs? Or are the other hens laying more than one egg in a day? Is that even possible?

 

[sourland]

Sometimes at the beginning of a laying cycle eggs will be darker and then lighten as the hen gets further into her laying cycle. So yes, it is possible. It is also possible that all have not resumed laying.

 

[AGeese]

My BJG are laying small cream to light tan colored eggs.