Common egg quality problems

This explains the occasional weird egg I get. Very informative

Very helpful and descriptive!

Wow, very helpful information. Understandable descriptions with pictures helped me so much. Thanks again

What an amazing article from an even more amazing member! Rest In Peace, Sumi...

A very comprehensive article about common egg quality issues! - I say issues, not problems, because most of the eggs with issues are still edible and should not be discarded. I don't mind if my scrambled egg came oud of a shell with some additional calcium pimples, for example.
This article applies also to ducks and their eggs, have seen many of the issues with my laying ducks in the past too.

How do we stop these egg problems from happening...mine have been laying shell less eggs since last fall, not that they lay many, maybe two or three a month. They get calcium, roosters booster and I give them nutri-drench twice a week in a bowl of veggies. I only have five ducks right now and would like to get some chickens but want to wait until I know what I’m doing wrong with theses girls first. I’m positive they don’t have parasites or worms too.

VERY Informative and helpful for a newbie like me. As I have my first flock now of NH Reds.

Excellent article, well written with great photos. The only thing I see missing from the article is which of these eggs can be consumed and which ones must be discarded.

I have often wondered about this and it is so helpful to finally have insight into causes so I can correct it.

I’m actually saving this article is so informative and answered questions and provided information that was to the point and useful!

Excellent! Very complete.

This is so helpful. Most of these I have never seen except calcium deposits and the occasional double yolk. Who knew!

Very helpful

This is really useful information as have a chuck with weird eggs has really helped try to understand why, also explained the one hen that always seems to lay egg with ridges thank u

Great information! I’ve often wondered about misshapen eggs and the speckled eggs I sometimes get. Thanks so much!

Thank you for this! I have seen chickens lay some of these types of eggs but a lot of them are new to me. It's amazing how much diet can influence colorization. I got my first baby chicks recently, so I definitely needed to know issues common to young layers.

Thanks so much for the info! Very useful and easy to understand. Will definitely use this in future cases!

Good information, all of which makes sense. I leaned a lot from this article, and will remember it when I get an odd egg!

Great except I wish you would tell which ones are safe or not safe to eat.

Excellent descriptions of various egg deformities and the possible causes thereof. This is my first year with laying hens and I thought I had seen every weirdness imaginable- turns out I wasn't even close! I will definitely be keeping this as a reference and appreciate the clarity of the pictures offered. great job!