Egg Mystery

[TiaView]

Hi. I am finding medium sized white eggs mostly on the barn floor that have a waxy shell. The whites of the eggs are very sticky. Could this be from a young chicken, or maybe a Guinea hen?

 

[CMV]

I only know chickens, ducks and geese, not guineas. The "waxy" shell makes me think of a duck egg. What breeds of chickens do you have? Any white layers in there? I would not think it is a chicken egg because "waxy" and "sticky whites" do not really fit as a description of chicken eggs. As I said I don't know guineas, but I would guess if you don't haves any ducks then it must be a guinea egg.

Good luck solving the mystery.

 

[Mahonri]

I had a leghorn once that laid with a shell like that... also a polish... hmmm

 

[TiaView]

Oh, I DO have two ducks. But the eggs are medium sized, so I didn't think about the ducks (thought they'd lay BIG eggs!). Maybe it is the ducks.

 

[CMV]

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They lay medium sized eggs their first year, but the second year they lay an egg that seems to defy reason- they are HUGE!!! I have wondered how such a large egg can come from such a slim bird.

 

[TiaView]

Thanks everyone for your replies.......I locked up the ducks last night and lo and behold they laid those weird eggs!! So......mystery solved!!