Egg okay to eat? Membrane came off

[MadameMarsh]

So our only laying hen decided to lay her egg in their water tub today (as in the shallow tub I keep for them to cool off in) I found it a few hours later when I went to dump water and bring in food. The membrane had soaked off and was floating in their water and maybe this is a silly question but is it still good to eat? I guess she was just enjoying the cool water too much on this hot south Louisiana day, lol!

 

[Debbie292d]

Do you mean the shell had soaked off? The membrane is inside of the shell.

An egg floating in warm water for several hours where chickens pooped would be one I'd fry up for the chickens or just toss.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Do you mean the shell had soaked off? The membrane is inside of the shell.

An egg floating in warm water for several hours where chickens pooped would be one I'd fry up for the chickens or just toss.

Agreed. The shell is porous. Anything icky in the water has probably entered into the egg. I wouldn't take the chance.

 

[MadameMarsh]

Do you mean the shell had soaked off? The membrane is inside of the shell.

An egg floating in warm water for several hours where chickens pooped would be one I'd fry up for the chickens or just toss.

Oops, yes I meant to type the shell AND the membrane came off. Yeah, good point--it will go to them cooked tomorrow

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I am really puzzled. To me, an egg with no shell and no membrane ... would be like a raw egg someone had just cracked into the pool ... a raw egg just floating with no shape. I don't understand.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Do you mean the shell had soaked off? The membrane is inside of the shell.

An egg floating in warm water for several hours where chickens pooped would be one I'd fry up for the chickens or just toss.

Oops, yes I meant to type the shell AND the membrane came off. Yeah, good point--it will go to them cooked tomorrow

Nah, the shell and membrane didn't come off in the water. She laid a Soft Shelled (Shell-less) egg.

I'd toss it since it was floating around in the chicken pool.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Ah, a jelly egg, aka a rubber egg! The light dawns, now I understand! Thanks, @Wyorp Rock (I feel dumb, lol! )

 

[MadameMarsh]

I am really puzzled. To me, an egg with no shell and no membrane ... would be like a raw egg someone had just cracked into the pool ... a raw egg just floating with no shape. I don't understand.

Hey me too tbh! Unless the whole egg was cracked in the water and what I thought was just membrane was actually egg white and another bird just started laying and happened to also do it in the water? Lol I'm looking around the yard today for our layer's egg. She is the only hen we have (4 years old adopted from a neighbor) and the other 6 pullets aren't laying yet but approximately 3-5 weeks out from (hopefully) beginning to lay. It's so hot right now that even though their run is shaded, we have been letting them free range second half of the day since its even cooler along our back fence where some small trees and various overgrown weeds/vines abound. Our layer typically lays in nesting box but I figured she may have laid in the overgrown area and was surprised to find this egg in the water yesterday evening. I'll post a pic from my phone shortly to show the side by side of the egg in the water vs the leghorn's typical egg.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Some of my pullets were laying shell-less eggs (I call them jelly eggs or rubber eggs) quite consistently until I found and killed a snake that was frightening them and stealing eggs. In their case, it was stress that was apparently causing the problem. But some of the Educators have indicated that a reproductive disorder can also cause it. In some cases those disorders can be serious.

 

[MadameMarsh]

Ok so these are the two eggs for comparison. The white egg is from our leghorn laid 2 days ago. The off-white egg actually feels hard like a normal egg, maybe thinner shelled tho? Not rubber at all—would a jelly egg feel like jelly? This off-white egg, plus a shell and what I thought was membrane but now realize could have been egg white were also in the water tub