Chicken laid weird looking egg, should i be worried?

[littlerat]

Apoligies if this isnt the right thread, it was the best fitting one i could find. Was going to get the eggs and saw this one. its hard like a regualr egg but weird shaped/textured. my mom threw it away before i got the chance to open it. I feel like its probably nothkng but I wanna make sure

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[Debbie292d]

Hi, and welcome to BYC!

Here's an article a member wrote that covers all the strange things that can happen to eggs our chickens lay.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/common-egg-quality-problems.65923/

Yours looks like #13, corrugated shell

One of the possible causes is diet deficiencies, which shouldn't happen if you have them on a good layer or all-flock, and a side of oyster shell in a separate dish, and not too many treats.

I've seen one egg similar, and I never got another, so I just ignored it.

 

[Mrs. K]

Weird eggs are really pretty normal and generally come and go. No need to do anything.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Are you sure it was an egg? Was it full size like an egg? Do you think it had a yolk and white inside if you had cracked it open? Or was it thick, hard, yellow cheesy material? If so it might have been what's called a lash egg. If you see another one, take a picture, then cut it open and take a picture of the inside. If it is a lash egg (which is not an egg, it's just called that), it could be a sign your hen has an infection inside called salpingitis. Post the pics here and we'll advise you.