egg abnormalities

  1. Katakornchicks

    Fertilized egg or health problem?

    I have a broody hen trying to hatch eggs. I don't want chicks right now tho so I've been taking away her eggs daily. This egg I think she sat on for about 2 days before I took it. (Note, she didn't lay this egg, it's another hens) I noticed a weird shadow on about 3 eggs when I candled them to...
  2. W

    Potato eggs?

    I can’t figure out what’s going on with one of my hens! Someone has been laying these strange misshapen eggs for the last week. Anyone have any ideas what might be causing this? Side note: I also found what looked like an egg white inside a different nesting box — no shell and no yolk. I...
  3. E

    Concerning eggs from a sapphire gem

    I have three wonderful hens, after losing one suddenly at 9 months a few weeks ago. One of my ladies, a large light sapphire gem, has been laying terrible eggs for about 2 months now. Cracks, folds, bulged out, rough texture.. and HUGE. Wanting to know if it’s illness based, or anatomy based...
  4. DuckDuckJuice

    Patch on Yolk

    Hi, all. I got a strange egg today. Well, technically an egg from a couple days ago that I cracked open this morning. It had a strange, whitish, pretty large patch on the yolk. I looked up all the common egg problems and causes and couldn’t find anything that matched. There was no smell to the...
  5. AmberLittlejohn

    What’s with this egg?

    One of my ee chickens keeps laying this type of blue banded egg. I noticed today there’s black raised spots all over it. Is this considered pimpling? I feed them 7 way, all flock pellets, and oyster shell daily. Is this potentially a health issue?
  6. Mcmchick

    Laying yolk & white

    Hi - One of my hens has been laying yolks and whites. Its been cold here with winter and snow, her laying slowed down. But then I noticed what looked like someone had literally cracked an egg on my porch. I don't have a picture at the moment, one of animals cleans it up before I can get to it...
  7. L

    Malformed egg

    Hello, I have had a number of weird eggs laid lately but the attached picture is the most extreme example. Sorry, it is a bit gross. Can anyone please advise what my chicken might be lacking to lay this type of egg? Or does she have worms? An internal problem? Similar bad eggs were more formed...
  8. AmberLittlejohn

    Misshapen eggs

    Hello, first time posting in a long while. I have two oddities this morning. One from an Easter egger the other from my Rouen duck. Never had eggs like this before. They have plenty of calcium and grit in their diet. Is this a result of these being laid overnight in freezing temperatures?
  9. P

    Lash Eggs

    Hi, I recently found two lash eggs on two separate occasions in my flock's coop. Should I be worried about this? How would I identify which one of my flock is producing them? Over the last few days one of my hens has gotten poop stuck around her backside, could this be related? Any help would...
  10. B

    Chicken recovery from sedation/anaesthetic ?

    I posted yesterday about my very poorly ex battery hen Edith. She was worse today so I took her to the emergency vet as it’s a bank holiday. They said they would x ray and scan her to check for tumours, stuck eggs or any blockage. All was clear and they have said she has a severe infection...
  11. B

    Very sick chicken any advice please; EYP at home treatment

    My lovely 4 year old ex battery hen has become really unwell over the last 48 hours, unfortunately due to new year and a bank holiday I can’t get to my vet until Tuesday at the earliest. Can anybody offer any advice as to what could be wrong and also how to make sure she is not in pain. Edith...
  12. P

    Can anyone identify what this is? Found in nesting box.

    Hey, Can anyone figure out what these are? I found them in a nesting box and can't figure out what they are? I'm unsure as to whether its an improperly formed egg or something else entirely. Any help is appreciated :)
  13. Chickadee00

    Strange thing in egg white

    Anybody know what this is?? Felt kind of hard.. Thanks!
  14. P

    Silkie continually laying soft shell eggs….

    Hi all. One of my silkies, Pom Pom, has been consistently laying eggs with paper thin shells for over a week. Usually she lays every other day and the eggs have always been slightly elongated, but lately shell less and very thin shelled eggs have become much more frequent. I just had two in a...
  15. MrsGray1211

    Odd shaped egg

    Has anyone ever seen an egg like this? I have 4 hens, different breeds. I’m not sure which one left me this surprise!
  16. CalBickieMomma

    Hen Consistently Laying Shell-less Eggs

    Hello Chicken People, I’ve posted about my egg shell problems before, but after switching to mostly Layer Pellets (as opposed to only All Flock with oyster shell/crushed egg shells available), AND trying calcium tablets as a supplement, my Hattie is now laying eggs without any shell at all (as...
  17. Q

    Double Yolker with Extra Shell

    Dorothy, an 11 month old white and black chicken that lays light azure blue eggs (both pictured), has laid plenty of double yolkers... But at least two have had a noticeable delineation in the shell where it's like her body added on a caboose to the egg to make even more room than usual! (See...
  18. LizaHenelli

    White spots on egg?

    Hello everyone! My girls started laying last week. I am getting about two eggs a day since most of them are not ready just yet, but I just found this egg from a new hen (her first egg) outside the nesting box. It’s bigger than the ones the Sussex have been giving me, but it’s covered in spots...
  19. TundraFang

    Chick Couldn't Hatch

    Hi, I have an egg that internally pipped over 48 hours ago. After 24 hours it still hadn't externally pipped so I poked a small hole through the air cell and put it back in the bator. 24 hours later there was no progress and I could no longer hear it peeping. I began chipping away the shell and...
  20. F

    Hen laid 2 soft shelled eggs at once

    Hi all! One of my girls laid what appears to be 2 soft-shelled eggs at once into their poop hammock (I say it's one chicken because I collected 5 normal eggs and I've got 6 girls total). Everyone laid yesterday and they were perfectly normal. They get layer feed that has oyster shell in it and I...
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