Bumpy deposits on eggs

[Ealkhas]

I have a chicken laying eggs
with bumpy calcium deposits on the narrow end of the egg. I think it is on every egg she lays ever since she started laying. I don't know which chicken it is. The egg quality is fine except that there are sometimes little calcium beads inside as well, which makes them annoying to use. Is there anything I can do to fix this?

 

[Perris]

hello @Ealkhas - welcome to BYC

it is excess calcium. If it is just the one hen laying them, it's idiopathic, and might settle down over time. No reason to be annoyed by it; she can't help it If you suspect more than one is laying such eggs, stop adding calcium supplements to their diet and see if it disappears, then resume with lower levels of Ca. Good luck!

 

[Allthefloofs]

I have a girl that does this, our vet said she needs a "reset", and that once she takes a break for molting it should stop, if not it's genetic. Her eggs look identical to yours, but aqua since she is a CCL. I don't know if it will stop, but we have the calcium bead in there too. If she doesn't get enough calcium though her shells are super soft, so I just keep the oyster shell coming for now.

 

[neo71665]

What are you feeding them?

 

[aart]

How old are these birds @Ealkhas ?
Are all the birds laying them like that or just one?

 

[Ealkhas]

I have one hen who is three years old, and the others are one year. I feed them lay pellets and scraps. I don't know if these eggs are from my older chicken or from one of my young ones, but I suspect a young one because we never had this problem before.