Can anyone tell me what this is?

[My5girls5]

Hello,
I am relatively new to raising chickens. I have been raising only hens for a year. Today I noticed this in the nesting box. I have never seen anything like this before.Does anyone know what this is? I am worried but don’t know what to do. I did check them and I don’t see anything prolapsed from any of them. Am I right to be concerned? Is there anything I should do or be looking for? Thank you!

 

[JNC]

Was this one of your hens first egg?

 

[Eggcessive]

It looks like there were two eggs coming along in the oviduct, close together, and one only had a membrane and they were joined together. It looks like the membrane from one is covering the other egg. I would give a calcium tablet with vitamin D 3 orally if you have some. Do you feed layer feed and do you have crushed oyster shell available? Hopefully this was a glitch in her laying, and won’t happen again, but it could be something going on with her oviduct.

 

[JNC]

I agree, could be she shed one of her ovaries but I’m no expert I would definitely keep an eye on her.

 

[My5girls5]

Was this one of your hens first egg?

No if it is the one I think it is she has had a few large misshapen eggs. I haven’t seen any misshapen ones in the last few days. I have been getting 4 eggs from 5 hens.

 

[RooStar Chicken Gang]

Wow... that looks scary.

 

[My5girls5]

It looks like there were two eggs coming along in the oviduct, close together, and one only had a membrane and they were joined together. It looks like the membrane from one is covering the other egg. I would give a calcium tablet with vitamin D 3 orally if you have some. Do you feed layer feed and do you have crushed oyster shell available? Hopefully this was a glitch in her laying, and won’t happen again, but it could be something going on with her oviduct.

I do feed layer feed and have oyster shell available at all times. I have been feeding them extra vegetables from my garden about every other day. Would that be an issue.

 

[Eggcessive]

It may just be a glitch. Here is a good link to read that has some of the egg oddities that some of us may see, and what may cause them:
https://www.yellowbirchhobbyfarm.com/weird-eggs-101-the-oddities-explained/