Cloudy thick egg whites?

[Kleonaptra]

My recently acquired rescue chook is a 5 year old Isa brown. The guy who gave her to me said she doesn't lay eggs but she's been giving me a nice big egg each day. Only trouble is the whites are thick, cloudy and yellowish. What is it and can they still be eaten? The egg appears healthy otherwise and is taken from the nest box fresh each morning.
I should mention I have 2 others of egg laying age who either don't lay or hide their eggs. I am getting nice healthy eggs from all my ducks.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

My recently acquired rescue chook is a 5 year old Isa brown. The guy who gave her to me said she doesn't lay eggs but she's been giving me a nice big egg each day. Only trouble is the whites are thick, cloudy and yellowish. What is it and can they still be eaten? The egg appears healthy otherwise and is taken from the nest box fresh each morning.
I should mention I have 2 others of egg laying age who either don't lay or hide their eggs. I am getting nice healthy eggs from all my ducks.

I would say that what you just described is a very, very, fresh grade AA hen egg. I should also mention that when broken out in the frying pan that the eggs don't spread out much either.

 

[Kleonaptra]

I would say that what you just described is a very, very, fresh grade AA hen egg.  I should also mention that when broken out in the frying pan that the eggs don't spread out much either.

Yes actually that was when I first noticed it, when I broke one into a frypan. It didn't spread at all! So its normal then? Its very thick, cloudy and slightly yellow, I have never seen one like it

 

[nicfischer5]

Hi! I have been experiencing this same thing recently with a couple of my younger hens. It seems strange to me, however, that it is only the eggs from 2-3 of my girls where this kind of egg-white is showing up. Eggs from my other hens, which are equally fresh, have a more "normal" white. Also, eggs from the hens with the weird whites used to look more normal and then later started to be different. Is it diet related? Genetic - they are half sisters - same rooster? Or environmental? I miss my egg-whites, and also don't feel comfortable selling them to my customers. Really want to get to the bottom of it! Thanks!