Funny quail egg?

[le_bwah]

A few days ago, one of my youngest hens laid a shell-less egg. A couple days after that, she laid a white egg. Today she laid a weird two-tone one with lots of little bumps. Here's a picture, normal egg on left for comparison.

I haven't IDed which girl it is yet, but I know it's the same one each time. Anyone seen this before? Is it indicative of anything?

 

[AlderCreekFarms]

Interesting.
I know, not helpful, sorry. It's a good question tho. Me, I'd give it a little more time for her system to regulate. Maybe she's trying out different colors & patterns

 

[le_bwah]

Interesting.
I know, not helpful, sorry. It's a good question tho. Me, I'd give it a little more time for her system to regulate. Maybe she's trying out different colors & patterns

I like the look of her latest one especially. Just hope it's due to something benign.

 

[JulyFly]

So she is new to laying? New layers can often have funny eggs, perfectly normal!

 

[CapricornFarm]

The speckles and spots vary a lot.

 

[007Sean]

With young hens that lay their first few eggs that way is because their shell pouch gland hasn't fully developed. Nothing to worry about unless she doesn't change to laying normal regular shape, size, patterned eggs.

 

[le_bwah]

Good to know it's nothing worrisome. It still seems strange, though; she laid normal eggs for about three weeks before the funky ones started. That egg on the left is one of hers (whichever one she is), as it's the pattern that disappeared on the days the weird one's showed up.

 

[007Sean]

Is she getting picked on, or under some other stress? That can cause them to lay shell-less eggs. They can delay laying an egg or pass the egg faster than normal time required to pass through the shell gland pouch. Could be another egg is coming down behind the first and thus you get a shell-less egg and can give the appearance of laying 2 eggs in one day...that's not possible though. Also can cause little to no pigment will be laid down on the shell, it also can cause double yolk eggs. Genentics and disease can also cause these problems but in this case I don't think that is likely.
Most likely she's young and has come under some kind of stress.

 

[le_bwah]

Is she getting picked on, or under some other stress? That can cause them to lay shell-less eggs. They can delay laying an egg or pass the egg faster than normal time required to pass through the shell gland pouch. Could be another egg is coming down behind the first and thus you get a shell-less egg and can give the appearance of laying 2 eggs in one day...that's not possible though. Also can cause little to no pigment will be laid down on the shell, it also can cause double yolk eggs. Genentics and disease can also cause these problems but in this case I don't think that is likely.
Most likely she's young and has come under some kind of stress.

Now that I think about it, I do have one nervous birdie. She's the only one who was never okay with our dog. I've stopped letting him out when I'm out (which is oddly the only time he ever takes interest in the birds). There may be something else bothering her. I'll have to do a little stakeout and see if anything's harassing them.