egg abnormalities

Hi All, I am new to raising Coturnix quails - we just acquired 4 hens that are actively laying (~3 months old) this past Monday. They seem to be settling into their new digs okay! Today one of the hens laid an egg that has a white cast on it? It almost looks like the egg was dipped in whiteish...

I have chickens that have been laying eggs for a few weeks. I’m not exactly sure who layed this egg but I think it was my black Australorp since she’s been laying eggs under this tree. This egg was pretty small and misshapen. It was flatter on one side and it had indentations that looked like a...

Found this odd egg in the laying box this evening. Anyone have any suggestions as to what it could be and what could be causing it? The solid bits felt like cartilage after further inspection. Newbie here but thankful for this community! - E in NC

Lmk if this should be posted somewhere else! :) Context: I own two female ducks, one (Shortcake) a khaki campbell and the other one (Muddy) I believe a khaki campbell and rouen mix (her feathers are almost exactly like a rouen except without the patterning around the head, and as a duckling she...

So we have 4 laying hens (1yr.) and 28 ten week old chicks. Generally, we get 3-4 eggs a day from the laying girls, but lately we’ve been getting 2. So today, there I am, hanging out, feeding the girls mealworms, when all of a sudden, CHAD SQUAT DOWN RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME AND LAID AN EGG WITH NO...

One of our three hens (1-Brahma, 1-Buff Orpington, 1-Red Sexlink) has been laying strang eggs sice they started laying this spring. We are in Dallas, so they started laying for the spring in Feb/March, I think. The strange eggs look longer, have blotchy coloring and always have a flat softer...

I have read through some other posts about odd shaped eggs but have not seen any that look like this. I have an 8 month old Orpington that I got about a week ago. In the past 4-5 days she has been laying eggs with this odd bulge around the middle. Her eggs always looked different from my other...

My 4 year old EE hen laid this "egg" after I massaged her tummy in a warm bath. I suspected a problem when she was standing oddly and acting quiet and abnormal. She wouldnt go to bed even if it was getting dark. After she seemed to poop this out she willingly went into the coop to go up to...

I’ve had some problems with egg quality in my flock recently, and am hoping someone can point me in the right direction. First, one of my ameraucanas started laying eggs with lots of calcium deposits on top a few months ago (I haven’t actually seen anyone lay, but I’m 99% sure it’s her). She’s...

It's day 35 today (hatching day), but for the past 1.5 weeks I've noticed some discoloration on many of the eggs under a Muscovey hen (see photos). Many of the eggs have clearly defined areas of dark and light coloration, which was not present when they are initially laid. I was just curious...

HELP! My chickens are slowing/stopping egg production at less than A YEAR old!! Please help! My chickens egg production was really great (I have four hens and we were getting 4 eggs a day) until a couple of weeks ago when we started getting 0-2 eggs a day. I thought it might be a calcium...

I have a question about eggs. Our girls (two SA, one Pekin, one KC) have all been molting and/or broody for the last two months. Two started laying again this past week and everything seems good. Today, we had three eggs in the nest. Two were normal, one was... wrinkly? I’m not sure how else to...

Egg yoke greyish color We’ve been finding some eggs from our hens with yokes that are a greyish color instead of the normal bright yellow. Can you tell me why?

This is how the eggs look from my cream legbar. She was laying well, but it dropped off and all of her eggs have looked like this. What is this and how do I treat?

Found this interesting. An egg from one of my Rhode Island Reds. The egg is a taller egg than they usually lay and it’s wrinkled on top. Why does this happen?

Hi all! So I’ve got a 2-year-old (almost 3-year-old) Partridge Olive Egger hen named Jennie. I let them all out into their pen this morning and collected an egg that was in their nesting box from my Golden Laced Wyandotte, Poppy. When I went back out to bring them in for the night, I saw two...

I’m a little curious about this marking on an egg i got about a week or 2 ago. I know the egg is fine but i’m just wondering what causes it? We’ve gotten maybe one with a similar but much less noticeable pattern but other than that they’re all normal. Is the hen okay? Is it something painful...

Hi all! I just bought a dozen duck eggs from a local farmer and there were a few abnormalities (oblong/flat-shelled, pimpled, etc)... but I saw this one that appears to be either cracked or mended, or fertile. I can’t tell if these lines are veins or just thinner cracks than the main one up...

My 1 year old Easter Egger laid her first egg after the winter but it came out a little funny. I think it’s just a strange dud egg but does anybody know what this actually is? I’m not worried but just really curious on what happened. But if there is something I should worry about please tell me...

Hey everyone! Our Buff Orpington has been laying eggs consistently with this random hot pink spot on them. Any thoughts as to what’s causing this?! It doesn’t wash off, it’s been on her eggs consistently since she started laying a few months ago. Thanks for your help!