Fresh eggs smell rotten

Found this thread while trying to figure out why this happens. I am new to the chicken game and I have 5 hens. Only one of the hens is laying so figuring out which one isn't my problem for me. I noticed that the 4th egg that she layed smelled funny. I too have a sensitive nose and I immediately noticed a "hot garbage" smell. I washed it and put it in the fridge just until I could figure out if that happens to anyone else. Not all of her eggs are that way so I'm unsure what the deal is. The one she layed this morning had an odd smell too.
 
Very helpful links thanks!!
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I am having this same issue but I don't think heat is the culprit here because temps have been around the 50s. Trying to figure out why I get a funky smelling eggs every now and then!
 
Hello! I am sorry I have no solution but only found your thread because we have exactly the same problem. I noticed this first a few weeks ago, and it seems to be exactly the same as what you're describing. We live in Italy and the weather is just warming up, so perhaps it is temperature related. I'll now start the deduction process just as you have been doing, to try to figure out which hen is laying the smelly eggs. Let me know if you do find out why it's happening and if there is any solution!
 
Oh man! My chicken just laid her first stinky egg! They haven't had access to anything out of the norm (including standing water or any new foods) and she lays almost everyday. She seems to be in excellent health. We've been under 60deg during the day so it's not heat... This is very interesting.
 
Help! I'm having the same problem!
I thought I was crazy!!!
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All of a sudden just in the last couple weeks... Not sure which hen yet but I do know which eggs. They look fine, just stink. Even when just laid. They check out fine when tested. I sell my eggs so I always test every single one. I've quit selling those. I break each one of those open individually and every single one stinks. Not really strong as if rotten but a slight tainted smell. I first noticed after adding one to cookie dough and had to throw it all out. Started all over again with another egg. Didn't really notice the smell till I added it to the dough. That's when I decided to have other family members smell it and they confirmed the smell. Once again I had to throw it all out. Since then I've started cracking open every single one of those particular eggs, all stinky...
All of our chickens free range in the same pasture, go into the same barn every night, and share the same laying boxes. Only thing I can think of is that she is sick? If so,I sure don't want it to spread to the other chickens, so some how need to figure out which girl it is.
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Any comments or suggestions?
 
I'm having the same problem. I read in a previous post that having broken eggs in the nesting box was causing the other eggs in the box to smell bad. I confess that my boxes aren't very clean, but I haven't had a bad smelling egg problem until late last year.

Do any of the rest of you with the bad smelling eggs have issues with broken eggs in the nesting boxes?
 
I know this is an old thread. I came across it while researching the same issue. I have pullets and it appears one is laying stinky eggs. No heat issues, they only started spring laying in the last month or so. The occasional smelly one looks normal. The smell is like an egg gone bad, but sulfurous as well. Very weird. I just smell each one as I crack it.
 
Old thread but I might have the answer. Started with us about 2 weeks ago. One of our Green shells was kicking out a daily stinker. We don't know which hen but her egg is more olive where the others are teal we made some last nit and of 4, 2 stunk so maybe she's coming out of it she's young 5 months and mostly free ranges. I've read some hens have a genetic disorder that doesn't allow them to properly process fatty acids which can be found i soy, rapseed/canola and a few other plants we supplement with layer feed and sprouted wheat so my guess is she took a liking to something outside can't digest it properly. Ours has a fishy to bad smell but not a rotten egg smell also read these are safe to eat but seriously not worth it.
 

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