egg abnormalities

  1. B

    3 months of absent and small eggs from year old hens

    My chickens live with my mom and she recently let me know that for the past three months my year old hens have either stopped laying or have been laying very small eggs. We’ve had a normal spring temperature wise and they get plenty of sunlight because they often free range. We feed them a store...
  2. S

    Duck, Duck, Help! (please)

    Hoping for wisdom or advice for my girl. I have 4 Pekins, purchased as ducklings in December. Turned out to be 2 male/ 2 female (I realize those are not ideal ratios & have been watching them closely.) 1 female started laying about a month ago. First 2 eggs were wonky, but since then she’s...
    • StarryEyed84
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    • egg abnormalities egg advice
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    • Forum: Ducks
  3. H

    Egg bound? Or something else?

    Hi all! So I just came home from vacation and went out to check on my two hens (both 6 years old, a lavender orpington and an olive egger). The orpington, Phoebe, seemed a little off when I went out there. She was a bit lethargic and her wings were drooping, which I originally attributed to the...
  4. Jamiesluv4chix

    Help my hen has a membrane with an egg hanging below her vent!

    Hey there. I saw my young backyard silky blend trying to lay am egg today and when she got up and walked away she had this egg inside the membrane I'm guessing hanging out. I had someone on the Facebook group say she had this happen to one of her new layers and she was able to push it in and get...
  5. Sljanik

    Goop in Coop?

    Does anyone know what this is? I’ve noticed it for 2 days. It resembles egg whites in the nesting box my girls lay in. They are all acting normal, eating and drinking, and laying either everyday or every other day. They haven’t eaten any eggs, not that I’m aware of. I have 4 girls and they all...
  6. S

    Soft eggs in older (4 yrs) duck

    Hello all - I have a small flock of 3 ducks - two Welsh Harlequin and one White Crested. They all live together and have the same food (Mazuri waterfowl layer) and water (fresh water daily, from the well). During the day, they are in an outdoor run (fully enclosed and predator-proof). At night...
  7. A

    HELP! What is this in the egg? Is this the air cell of the egg?

    Hi, so I am incubating eggs and I got this egg that was alive but I checked it today and it was dead. I noticed that something at the bottom moves. Can anyone tell me what that is? I've got another live egg that has that same thing move but less and I am worried for the live egg now. I recorded...
  8. M

    EMERGENCY HATCH

    Chic is breaking through shell, but hasn't used the air cell, and isn't breaking the membrane! I managed to put a bit of a hole where the beak is, and it's now breathing. HOWEVER. it's bleeding a bit. Not much, it's stopped, but there was a bit of blood. What do I do??
  9. L

    My Plymouth Rock laying almost white eggs

    I have 2-3yr old Rocks, they have always been good layers of brown eggs. Suddenly, one has become sick and stopped laying. I thought maybe water belly but I think she would have died already if it was. The second rock is still laying but her eggs are turning cream colored and one was hard on...
    • Lil Brown Nugget
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    • 2eggs a day abnormal eggs brown egg layer brown eggs chicken laying two eggs egg abnormalities egg color egg coloring egg laying problems soft egg shell
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
  10. lmadeline146

    Deformed/ consistently strange eggs?

    One of my EEs has been laying eggs with small calcium deposits on the top of the shell for a while now. I know that its normal every once in a while, but after collecting her egg today I’m a bit worried. This is nothing like I’ve seen before compared to the other calcium deposits (if this even...
  11. C

    Sandpaper-Like First Egg

    Hello! We were delighted this morning to find what looks like our first egg. However the shell was incredibly thin, so thin it could easily be crushed if we weren’t careful. The membrane was in tact, but the shell itself felt like sandpaper. We offer free choice oyster shells, have plenty of...
  12. CityslickerHomestead

    Chronic thin shells from only one hen

    Do I just have to force-feed her calcium supplements forever or can I fix this with less instrusive measures? I’ve got a two-year-old cream legbar I’ve had from hatch. She’s always had thin shells even as a pullet, and is the only one of my 20 chickens that lays thin shells, so I feel it’s a...
  13. LoveyDuckies

    Small Duck Egg

    Hey yall! Just thought I’d share the tiny egg I got the other day. I have a Khaki Campbell and a Pekin duck and their eggs usually are about the size of the one on the left. Thought this was interesting but I also want to know if I should be concerned! Also Happy Easter everybody!
    • LoveyDuckies
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    • duck egg egg egg abnormalities
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  14. Livia Ammon

    High Egg Fatality Rate

    I have a Whiting True Blue hen who I wanted to hatch some eggs from, but at the first candleing, they all quit. I have seen her get bred by our rooster, so the eggs are fertile, but I noticed that her eggshells were on the thin side and she has a lot of calcium deposits in and on them. Any tips...
  15. K

    Help! Why does my hen keep laying eggs like this?

    One of my hens keeps laying these eggs that have a ripple almost in them. I had another hen who was egg bound and needed assistance and the egg she finally passed had same sort of ripple. Like a pressure indentation of sorts. But I haven’t noticed anything strange about the behavior of the hen...
  16. MagicTheFamiliar

    Tough membrane

    Hi! we have 4 silkie hens, and one polish bantam, one d'uccle and one lavender ameraucana, the last 3 are all the same age. The green Ameraucana eggs all have a membrane so tough it doesn't break on the side of a pan, the shell will break off and I have to stab the membrane with my thumb. They...
  17. COOPhilly

    Deeply ridged eggshell

    My cinnamon hybrid production layer started laying 13 months ago and has probably laid 300 eggs. She had a few shell-less eggs last week. I increased the availability to oyster shell. Now her eggs have large ridges all over the egg. 2 in 2 days. Is it an overdose of calcium or does she have...
  18. L

    Any substitutes for Baytril until vet visit?

    Hi all. My hen, Ginger is a Red Star with apparent Peritonitis. (Broken egg at vent, lethargic, yellow discharge) I see Baytril is the antibiotic for this, but I can’t get to the vet til tomorrow. Right now, I have Tylan, DoxyTyl, and Denagard. Can any of those be subbed until my appointment...
  19. C

    Soft shell egg with yolk and tubular something??

    Long storyline, I apologize. About a month ago one of my hens (black sex link) started closing her eye and it began getting cloudy, no longer laying eggs, and was more lethargic than normal. I was treating the flock with tylosin (just in case) and treating her with that plus terramycin. The...
  20. paradisepentacoop

    Slightly odd eggs, curious community input~

    Good day everyone, I have a mixed flock with 5 laying hens right now. The hens are producing really nice eggs regularly, with appropriately thick shells, rich color, appropriate weights, etc. Last week I noticed one hen laid an egg that looked like more white speckling was added after her usual...
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