Hen is laying eggs with a hole in it??

[jdr250]

This is the second egg I've gotten with a hole towards the bottom about the size of a pencil eraser. Inside the hole and somewhat on the edge is a hard crusty material. Should I be concerned? Is this normal?

 

[texaschick-a-dee]

Is your hen pecking a hole in the egg? The crusty stuff would be the dried insides.

 

[LynneP]

You may have an egg-pecker.

Are all the hens receiving adequate amounts of crushed shell
layer feed?

 

[Clay In Iowa]

Quote:
*snicker snicker..... Yes I act 12 sometimes.

 

[jdr250]

Yes they get oyster shell several times a week and we also collect all the eggs every morning. It could be one pecking, but the reason I'm not sure is the hole is so perfectly shaped.

 

[Renee']

Quote:
*snicker snicker..... Yes I act 12 sometimes.

 

[chickenfever]

Can you post a picture?

 

[Whispering Winds]

Quote:
*snicker snicker..... Yes I act 12 sometimes.

You people kill me. . . .

 

[Judy]

Is it a lump or deposit of calcified looking material? Or is it dried egg?

 

[jdr250]

The egg's "hole" is in the shell and not pass the membrane. The "crust " is brownish orange . The hole , in both eggs , is on the large or bottom side. It reminds me of a burn mark.