Crater in Egg

[aurimilky]

So I got today egg from one of my chickens. To find out that it got hole / crater in the top part of the egg. Anyone know what this is ? I've bin the egg.

 

[ronott1]

So I got today egg from one of my chickens. To find out that it got hole / crater in the top part of the egg. Anyone know what this is ? I've bin the egg.

Weird stuff happens with the egg making process in the hen. One of the last things is the shell going over the membrane. There is a gland for this process and it did not work exactly right this time. The egg is fine though! If you get more like this, eat them. I wild not sell them or give them away though.

I use shell less eggs too If I get them soon enough.

 

[Lady of McCamley]

That is a bit of an odd formation.

It's probably nothing to worry about unless it keeps happening.

Likely it is a fluke. It probably was laying next to a developing ovum in the egg tract so got a bit of a "hole" then filled in with egg shell.

Eggs can get some funk sometimes especially at the start of lay or at the end of the laying cycle.

Watch to see if any more appear, or if other hens begin laying funky eggs.

If so, check your calcium intake for the birds. If you aren't using good layer feed, but an all flock, include more oyster shell or change to calcite grit.

If feed is good, and you see weird stuff, then it is likely a virus going through your birds, so check to see if you have anyone sneezing, coughing or looking rumpled.

But chances are it was just a fluke egg.

LofMc

 

[Abriana]

Sometimes at the beginning of a lay cycle, or when a pullet is first laying, eggs have deformities: calcium deposits, the eggs can be long, small, yokeless, and even shelless. Did a new pullet lay this or a hen coming back into cycle? Make sure your hens are on layer feed and getting plenty of calcium. Could be something else more worrisome, but i don't know what that could be so be sure to read anyone else's posts here before coming to a conclusion.

 

[aurimilky]

Weird stuff happens with the egg making process in the hen. One of the last things is the shell going over the membrane. There is a gland for this process and it did not work exactly right this time. The egg is fine though! If you get more like this, eat them. I wild not sell them or give them away though.

I use shell less eggs too If I get them soon enough.

Oh okay. I bin this egg thing it was bad.

That is a bit of an odd formation.

It's probably nothing to worry about unless it keeps happening.

Likely it is a fluke. It probably was laying next to a developing ovum in the egg tract so got a bit of a "hole" then filled in with egg shell.

Eggs can get some funk sometimes especially at the start of lay or at the end of the laying cycle.

Okay

Watch to see if any more appear, or if other hens begin laying funky eggs.

Will do.

If so, check your calcium intake for the birds. If you aren't using good layer feed, but an all flock, include more oyster shell or change to calcite grit.

I am using chicken pellets. I'll give her more grit tomorrow. I add ed Probiotics and Seaweed mix mineral boost and Spice Vitamin powders in her food, some week ago.

If feed is good, and you see weird stuff, then it is likely a virus going through your birds, so check to see if you have anyone sneezing, coughing or looking rumpled.

But chances are it was just a fluke egg.

LofMc

Okay I'll check for virus. The hen that layed the egg is in on her own in another chicken house. My other hen has chicks right now, so she is in the main chicken house with her chicks.

Sometimes at the beginning of a lay cycle, or when a pullet is first laying, eggs have deformities: calcium deposits, the eggs can be long, small, yokeless, and even shelless. Did a new pullet lay this or a hen coming back into cycle? Make sure your hens are on layer feed and getting plenty of calcium. Could be something else more worrisome, but i don't know what that could be so be sure to read anyone else's posts here before coming to a conclusion.

No she been laying eggs for many weeks now and she over 2 year old.

 

[aurimilky]

I've been and still treating she for scaly mite, she legs are all grey in color and also bumblefoot.

 

[Abriana]

Treat the bumblefoot. Lots of ideas online

 

[aurimilky]

Treat the bumblefoot. Lots of ideas online

Epsom salt bath and NET-TEX SCALEY LEG SPRAY for the scaly mite and for the bumblefoot I using iodine.