Help - yucky egg!

[scootz]

Thanks again, everyone. I'll withhold black soldier fly larvae and citrus and see what happens. So far 2 normal-looking eggs today.

 

[kvmommy]

I was told by my pastors wife (so I hope she wasn't lying) that their chicken laid an egg and it had a popcorn kernel in it. They had just fed them a day or two before and she swears that it was obviously a popcorn kernal. And her chickens ate a rat so she was afraid there'd be rat parts in her eggs which is why she won't touch eggs again. So...on that heresay story...I guess it could be seed!

 

[aoxa]

I was told by my pastors wife (so I hope she wasn't lying) that their chicken laid an egg and it had a popcorn kernel in it.  They had just fed them a day or two before and she swears that it was obviously a popcorn kernal.  And her chickens ate a rat so she was afraid there'd be rat parts in her eggs which is why she won't touch eggs again.  So...on that heresay story...I guess it could be seed!

Maybe there was a popcorn kernel in the pan she cracked her egg open into?

 

[kvmommy]

I don't know.

But there's always been a nagging fear when cracking open an egg. LOL!

 

[scootz]

Yesterday I did feed them a couple of tangerines that were supposed to be seedless, but do have a seed or two in them. This thing looked just like a tangerine seed with mucous on it. I wonder how, though, it could pass from the digestive system to the oviduct intact like that. I suppose it's possible... No more tangerines for them!

 

[DustinT]

I don't think it would be the BSFL. Yes the BSFL are high in protein but they are also very high in calcium. It has also been sugguested that animals that eat BSFL have few to no internal parasites like coccidia due to an acid the larva produce. I have feed them to my lizards for the past few years (I know lizards aren't chickens) but, I have been able to take lizards that no matter how much they ate they were sickly and wouldn't put on weight until after starting on BSFL. I also would only cut one thing from their diet at a time, that way you are more likely to pin point the prob. Also, if something that the bird ate ends up in the oviduct there are some major internal issues. The digestive tract and the reproductive system are in no way attached.

Sorry, I don't know what I was thinking. The digestive tract and the reproductive system are connected but not until the egg is completely formed. I realized my mistake while looking at this site about egg deformities and such. http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/1/optimum-egg-quality-a-practical-approach/29/meat-spots
I think you will find what is wrong with your egg here.