Ever Seen One Like This?

[ClareScifi]

Strange Looking Egg:

 

[ClareScifi]

Oops, it posted the wrong photo:

 

[ClareScifi]

And here is what the end looks like:

 

[Amyable]

Yep, just last week in fact, from my Welsummer. Looks like an extra thick layer of bloom.

 

[ClareScifi]

Thanks for the reply. Does it signify an illness? What is "bloom?" I'll research it. Is your Welsummer doing okay?

 

[Amyable]

Bloom is the protective coating put on the egg as it is laid. The egg comes out wet and dries in seconds. Not sure if these funky eggs signal illness; my hen has other, shall we say, psychological issues.

There is a thread somewhere full of weird egg pics just like yours.

 

[ClareScifi]

What do you mean by psychological issues? Is she a broody type?

 

[Amyable]

Ah I wish it was just broodiness! No, she is a stargazer. But she still lays a couple times a week, dark speckly eggs. This is a thread about her condition. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=510636

 

[ClareScifi]

What a pretty girl she is! I had never heard of Stargazing before. Thanks for the interesting post. She is lucky to have you to look out for her and love her.

 

[ClareScifi]

Was this the thread you were talking about, or are there some others?:

http://www.countrychickens.com/country_chickens_4_010.htm

Clare