06/01/2026
Speckled eggs & realistic expections
I love speckled eggs. Like obsessively. If I can include them in a project I will. (Which is part of why I love the Multigen Olive Eggers so much.)
But here's the thing....the amount of speckles varies. Sometimes alot. While the goal is to work towards keeping them as consistent as possible, things like time of year, where a hen is at in her laying cycle, amount of bloom, & sometimes even the weather (it seems like) ALL factor into how an egg is going to look. This also applies to egg color & bloom as well.
The 2 eggs pictured are both from the same hen, yet are very different. Typically she lays somewhere in the middle of these, closer to the top one. The bottom one is from yesterday, after a few days in a row of laying...she will probably take a break today & be back to a darker egg tomorrow. As the season goes on, I will see more lighter eggs from her than I do in Feb/Mar after a winter break.
If you're receiving hatching eggs, the eggs you get will depend on the day they were collected. And while the "wow" factor may seem like more in one egg over another, the genetics are still the same.
It's also important to note that the egg your pullet offspring lays won't necessarily be the same color as the egg you recieve. What I'm getting when I hatch for myself, & what you're getting when you receive hatching eggs, is the potential for what the offspring will lay.
Tomorrow I will share the egg from the daughter of this hen & chat about this a bit more.
