Egg shell is wrinkled looking?

[cricket1975]

Every so often, my girls lay a wrinkled looking egg. Is this normal?

 

[jpcode]

please post a pic

 

[cricket1975]

I'm computer challenged, I uploaded, but don't know how to put pic on a post?

 

[KrisH]

Quote:
you cant post pictures until after 10 posts, but yes it is normal, will get better, but will sometimes still happen.

RobertH

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

There are some other threads on here where folks talk about the wrinkled egg they get...I would suggest to definitely do a BYC search for wrinkled egg.

But here is a thread that you should know about. I have NO idea if that would be your situation or not:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=906527

 

[poseygrace]

Wow, scary link, I had no idea that it could be IB. I get a wrinkled one very ocassionally from one hen, but I think it has more to do with being soft-shelled, as they are definitely softer than a normal egg.

 

[Johnn]

I get wrinkled eggs sometimes and my hens are fine and so are the eggs

 

[goldfinches]

I have a BO who lays slightly wrinkly eggs. Nothing like the one in the linked post - yikes!

 

[SassyKat6181]

I have gotten an occasional wrinkled egg......seems more that it is a soft shell egg and hardens wrinked after it sits a while. I've seen it twice with my guineas and once with my ducks.

 

[Stephers]

I have just found a wrinkled egg very much like the one pictured on the lik but there are no other symptoms of IB. I think they are moulting and its hot too. I have been giving them cat food recently to help them with the moult. Could it also be a lack of minerals needed to form the shell?