can anyone identify this egg deformity?

[Katewebster]

Hello there! I am admittedly in my rookie year of chicken raising but I cannot figure out what is wrong with this egg?! Any guesses?

 

[EggWalrus]

A walnut egg?

 

[IamRainey]

Wrong? That's freakin' designer!

 

[Lizzy733]

Watery egg whites? What age is your flock; are they a production breed? Apparently, it's a thing with older hybrids and not really something that can be remedied if they're already on a proper diet.
Can't say I've gotten one like this yet.

 

[Kiki]

Do you know who laid this?
What exactly do you feed your birds and have you ever had to deal with an illness in your flock?

 

[Katewebster]

View attachment 1958485 A walnut egg?

LOL my husband said the same thing

 

[Katewebster]

Watery egg whites? What age is your flock; are they a production breed? Apparently, it's a thing with older hybrids and not really something that can be remedied if they're already on a proper diet.
Can't say I've gotten one like this yet.

thank you for your response! I have 3 buckeyes and 2 barred rocks and they are all almost 7 months. the barreds and 1 buckeye are laying but the smaller buckeyes haven't started yet. I am wondering if it actually was one of them and its a funky first egg?

 

[Katewebster]

Do you know who laid this?
What exactly do you feed your birds and have you ever had to deal with an illness in your flock?

I feed them layer crumble and scraps (yogurt, spinach, cheerios, carrots, celery). Unfortunately I do not know who laid it! Have not had any illnesses. Sometimes I get an egg that is really rough but just with those calcium deposits... nothing like this!

 

[Lizzy733]

It's not soft at all, is it? Pullets can lay the strangest things...

 

[Kiki]

I feed them layer crumble and scraps (yogurt, spinach, cheerios, carrots, celery). Unfortunately I do not know who laid it! Have not had any illnesses. Sometimes I get an egg that is really rough but just with those calcium deposits... nothing like this!

I highly recommend that you stop feeding so many treats and feed only the complete balanced layer crumble.

It could be that this particular bird is not getting a balanced diet because it is eating too many treats.