Egg shape (what causes this)

[matsechler]

So 2 of my chickens are laying eggs, small but still eggs, and I have gotten 1 double yolker and then this egg today. What causes this (the shape)? and guessing its a double also.

 

[JAZsMom]

Yep, it's a double yolker. Don't know the science behind the shapes, but that's what my doubles look like.

 

[matsechler]

Opened That egg. There are 3 eggs in here do you see the double yolk??

 

[JPHJPH]

Seems like I got the doubles more often soon after my girls started laying ... I still get them occasionally but it used to be pretty frequent .. Why you ask? ... Good question

 

[matsechler]

Well that was the first one I have seen that shape but if you look the are four yolks in there. One is clear

 

[lazy gardener]

Wow, that is truly different. do you have a rooster? It looks fertile.

 

[pangola209]

I have 4 Rhode Island Red Layers. 1 or 2 of them recently began laying these odd shaped eggs. I avoid selling these eggs as I thought they appeared unusual. Someone suggested they are the result of being multi-yoked. I thought overfeeding may have been the reason. Can chickens be overfed a particular brand/type of feeding? They were reared from chicks with Southern Grain products & I recently switched to Faithway products and I wondered if that maybe the difference. Is switching from one brand to another a good idea? Otherwise they appear healthy.