Anyone ever see anything like this before? This egg had this wierd, thick, and really gross membrane covering it. It also had a hole in it when I scraped it away, but I also noticed the chickens pecking at a flabby piece of this membrane left in the coop where the egg was laid.
Also, the egg...
Recent chicken farmer here at Quarter Acre Farm. We have 4 Rhode Island Reds: Flo, Gertrude, Wanda Tanglefoot, and Joyce. Flo has a floppy comb, Gertrude is the mother hen, Wanda wanders and has backward toes on each foot, and Joyce, named after my wife, is the first in bed every time.
Biggest...