egg advice

  1. 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
    • Thread
    • egg abnormalities egg advice
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Ducks
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. SalChickenOwner

    Trouble with egg bound chickens

    Hey all, I keep having trouble with egg bound chickens, I've had 3 die this way, 3rd just now. I give them and help them with everything in the book during these times but nothing works. This time I got the egg out quickly and she was recovering fine, she was just slowly gasping for air and had...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. TurGoosen

    10 month old African goose laying eggs everywhere

    Hey yall, I have a mated pair of African geese who are both 10 months old. Cheese my goose has built two nests, one she laid four eggs in and was not sitting on, one of my pigs got into the goose pen and ate the eggs. But she laid another clutch of eggs with around 18 eggs that she is sitting...
    • TurGoosen
    • Thread
    • egg advice goose nesting nesting behavior
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Geese
  11. P

    Hatching pekin duck egg day 29

    Hi everyone! Just wanting some advice/ tips I have a pekin duck egg in the incubator at day 29 currently, can see a lot of movement in the egg but not sure if it has internally pipped yet. 38° Celsius and 75% humidity What should I expect in the coming days, and when pipped, when is a good...
  12. 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...
  13. Lhynes1478

    Is this egg dead?

    My broody grabbed eggs while I was on vacation. The ones that I knew went in on 1/4/25 hatched in the past two days. There are 3 that look completely dark, but not seeing any movement. I don’t know what day she grabbed these so I don’t know when to expect them. I also can’t really see any veins...
  14. Brianna245

    Is this a fertilized “”bullseye” on the yolk?

    I’ve been keeping an eye on if my almost six month old rooster has been successful in fertilizing the eggs, he’s been “active” but still on the young side. Here is an hour old egg I have cracked open, looks like a bullseye to me, but I’m not very experienced having a rooster yet, and getting...
  15. 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
    • quails4lyfe
    • Thread
    • egg abnormalities egg advice
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Quail
  16. 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...
  17. V

    Looking for first egg free ranging

    My pullets are 15 weeks old and some are starting to get bright red/bigger combs and waddles. (Mainly my cinnamon queen a couple silver laced wyandotte.) They normally free range all day, but as they get closer to time to lay their first eggs, I would like to know! Should I keep them in the...
  18. Lady207

    Help with young Brahma that is struggling to lay

    Hi everyone. This is my first time posting but have been reading here for a few months now. I’ve tried to find a solution for my current problem but am still not sure what’s going on. This is my first time owning chickens. The problem lies with one of my brahmas. She is roughly 4 months old...
  19. J

    Anyone pleasr advise?

    I am candling brown eggs on day 7 and I can barely see anything at all. I think I can see veins and there is 100% air sac development but it's a very dark yolk. I can see maybe some dark spots where development would be but why are the yolks so dark at this stage? No blood ring etc just very...
  20. 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...
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