Deformed egg

[Hens rule]

Yeah, sometimes you can tell which hen laid which egg amongst similar colors.

Old hens at the end of their egg production lives can lay some weird eggs as hormone levels drop and their systems are 'wearing' out so to speak.
Hybrid birds, bred for high production, like the sexlinks, often stop laying around 2-3 years sometimes with serious reproductive system malfunctions, like your Rosie.

I had a couple old light brahma girls that laid 'body checked' eggs all one winter under lights, then back to normal after a molt in spring.
Tho normal for them was 1-2 eggs a week, they met the pot during this summers cull.

Do you think she will have a major malfunction like Rosie or just stop/slow down on production? Thanks

 

[aart]

Quote: There is no way I could predict that...but, if she's Rosie's 'hatchmate' she may have the same parentage and those issues can be genetic, so the possibility is there.
A lot of chicken keeping is supposition, hopefully based on some fact and reality, but it's still often a wait and see proposition.

 

[Hens rule]

Thanks, ill watch be aand see how she is doing.