Crusty Egg???

[KJV1611]

One of my ladies laid this today.

Anyone see this before? Is it excess calcium? Poop? Heavy bloom? Any ideas?

 

[21hens-incharge]

It's calcium.

 

[KJV1611]

It's calcium.

I was kinda leaning towards calcium. I just thought it was odd. It looks like someone dipped the top half of the egg in a chalky paint.

 

[aart]

Does that area have a thinner shell?
Hopefully it's just a one time shelling glitch.

 

[KJV1611]

Does that area have a thinner shell?
Hopefully it's just a one time shelling glitch.

I haven't cracked it open yet. But other than the "frosting", it feels like a normal egg. All my layers, just started laying in September. So it could just be a newer layer defect. I don't know.

 

[aart]

I haven't cracked it open yet. But other than the "frosting", it feels like a normal egg. All my layers, just started laying in September. So it could just be a newer layer defect. I don't know.

You can get a lot of 'abnormal' eggs from a backyard flock, because they aren't inspected and sorted like grocery eggs are.