hen laying wrinkled eggs... what is up?

[pnp4kidz]

One of our nice Coo Coo Marans hens has gone to laying wrinkled eggs...

what causes it? and is my hen ok????
she also seems to be broody...

 

[calicokat]

I had a RIR that would lay eggs like that just every once in awhile. Nothing else wrong with her. I chalked it up to "hey, we all have a wrinkly day now and then!"

 

[chuckzoo]

Here's a website with some info that may be useful;

http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/205802.htm

 

[chuckzoo]

Her's another website that may help;

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/1/egg-quality-handbook/2/formation-of-the-egg

 

[Tiramisu]

How old is the hen? Is it hot there? That might be stressing the bird a bit and causing the egg not to form right.

 

[Jeeper1540]

is it hard and wrinkled or soft and wrinkled?

 

[pnp4kidz]

it is hard and wrinkled...
it is not too hot here, can get in the 90s but low drops into the 50s, she is an older hen, about 6 or so I think...
I hope she is ok...

 

[pnp4kidz]

If I had to say... then I think it is 'this one'... Body Checked eggs... more common in older hens apparently, and they call an old hen, OVER 60 weeks!! LOL!! this one is over 60 MONTHS! LOL... so, yeah, she counts as old...
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/1/egg-quality-handbook/20/bodychecked-eggs

 

[BarkerChickens]

One of my Buckeye's lays those too...very hard and really wrinkly. I have read that it is a sign of a respiratory infection; however, she lays them every once in a while, no one has ever had symptoms and it has not spread to the other 28 hens. I think she just has a wacky system. The egg is normal inside, she acts normal, all is normal....except the wrinkles.

Oh!! And my hen is 15 months old and has been laying them every one in a while for months.

 

[pnp4kidz]

Oh whew, I'm glad she is normal... all be it old...
yes, she is well entitled to a 'wrinkly day' like we all are...!!!