Abnormal egg

[Rainieb]

Hello Everyone!

Question please. One of our Rhode Island red hen‘s which are now two years old, lays rough feeling, oblong whitish and sometimes dented eggs. We don’t know exactly which hen it is coming from, as they all behave normally and seem very healthy.
We give them grit, oyster shell as free choice, and layer crumbles for food.
We have attached a picture from an egg laid this morning. Is this something to worry about? Should we have the hens checked for any kind of diseases? Thank you very much.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Hi there.

Check out this article...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/common-egg-quality-problems.65923/

It gives lots of clues. Try not to jump to the disease conclusion as it's mentioned for almost every egg abnormality. But use your powers of reasonable deduction. Many things can be age related.

Hope this helps.

 

[sourland]

Hi there.

Check out this article...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/common-egg-quality-problems.65923/

It gives lots of clues. Try not to jump to the disease conclusion as it's mentioned for almost every egg abnormality. But use your powers of reasonable deduction. Many things can be age related.

Hope this helps.

X 2 Age related, point in laying cycle related, and also at times reproductive tract problem related - this may be chronic or occasional.

 

[Rainieb]

Hi there.

Check out this article...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/common-egg-quality-problems.65923/

It gives lots of clues. Try not to jump to the disease conclusion as it's mentioned for almost every egg abnormality. But use your powers of reasonable deduction. Many things can be age related.

Hope this helps.

Thank you!

 

[Rainieb]

X 2 Age related, point in laying cycle related, and also at times reproductive tract problem related - this may be chronic or occasional.

Thank you!

 

[Matzwd]

I hope it's nothing too terrible. I have a polish girl who regularly lays eggs just like that. She's a year old. After the first one, I had thought by reading up on it that it was a body-checked egg, but she continued laying them. Some are more misshapen than others, but it never stopped, so doubt it is body checking. Every day thing here.

 

[That_australian_lad]

its just the air pocket higher than it should be

 

[AltonaAcres]

My RIR always lays weird, giant, rough eggs. Healthiest hen I have!