egg abnormalities

  1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. 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!
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  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. Kbake

    Weird deflated “egg”

    I have 15 chickens, 12 of them are ALMOST 2 years old (DOB 3/2023). Of course, it’s December, some are molting, etc etc so I have only been getting about 1 egg a day. Tonight I found an “egg” inside a box. It looks like chewed gum or deflated balloon… Is it just a weird egg thing? It’s not a...
  13. SoggyForks

    Day 16 - Is this dot concerning?

    I candle the eggs on the daily and just noticed this little funny looking shape in one of my more developed eggs. (It's the little liver-shaped thingy between the dark sides) Is this bad? I'm kinda new to incubating by myself 😥
  14. quails4lyfe

    What’s wrong with my quail egg?

    So Ive currently got 7 quail eggs in an incubator and i was checking all of the embryos but I noticed one of my eggs have little dot/texture on it and inside there’s nothing except for like something?? it’s a bit hard to explain and then another one is lines
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  15. Pathetic gay

    Raised cracks in eggs and dark lines on the inside of egg.

    I tried searching all over but couldn't find anything describing this. I'm worried they might be cracks or micro cracks and bacteria that grew around them. I'm a first time hen owner and my chickens just started laying. I found some of these on concrete and it seems like they are cracked, they...
  16. C

    Molting or Mites (or Both)?

    The only girl left in my original flock is about 2.5 years old and has started losing a lot of feathers. Over the last week she started losing the down feathers on her body, and last night she lost some of her tail feathers. She does not seem to be following the typical pattern of feather loss...
  17. C

    Blob layed in nest D:

    Hello! So long story short, I went to lock my Chooks up this evening I noticed this blob in their nest box, i'm a bit nervous, because I've heard horror stories regarding "lash" eggs, I'm hoping it's just a soft shelled egg instead. I didn't touch it at all so don't worry about that. I have...
  18. M

    Feather loss, egg abnormalities but almost no behaviour change.

    Apologies for the (likely) long post here. Trying my hardest to save a hen! Situation: I have an (approx) 2.5 year-old hybrid. She used to rule the roost (of two), but when my second hybrid was attacked by a fox and killed, I got a young black rock to replace her. The logic here was to get a...
  19. aweeks13

    White Leghorns Eating Their Own Eggs- HELP!

    Sorry if this has been discussed before- I wanted to add some pertinent details that may be important for whatever solution I might receive from y'all. Okay, so I have two types of hens (and one rooster, who is a white leghorn); ISA Browns and White Leghorns. We have about 25 of both types...
  20. RynNightmare

    Duck laying egg yolk and white with no shell or membrane

    My Cayuga ducks are almost 2 now and one of them has had some egg trouble before (laying soft eggs or eggs with just membranes) that was last year though and she’s been totally fine this year until today. The ducks get layer pellets and oyster shells so i think they’re getting good calcium. The...
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    • advice and help please ducks egg abnormalities egg with no shell is this normal
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    • Forum: Ducks
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