How did your flock annoy you today?

[Candiru09]

Well I cracked the egg and it look like this. Now I alarmed.

What exactly is that ? ? ?

 

[Fluffy_Butt_Hutt]

Well I cracked the egg and it look like this. Now I alarmed.

Looks like the actual part of the ovary also released itself with the yolk. I think it is ovarian tissue + blood. Someone double check me, would the ovarian tissue turn that dark red/black?
Also, if so, it'd be both edible and fine for the chicken.
Looking at it further, the yellow clumps below the egg look odd. I have no clue what that could be. That disproves my hypothesis I believe.

 

[Appalachickens]

This was actually last week, but the chicken I was certain to be my first to lay wasn't laying. She's a big calico princess and her comb and wattles got big and she was squatting. But others started laying and she still wasn't.

Then one day last week I heard a ruckus in the shelves at the back of the coop and thought a rat or raccoon had somehow gotten in. Until Minnie popped her yellow head up and gave me the chicken side eye. She clambered out from behind the bins and I lifted her down and pulled out the bins. Oh.

Rascal. I've had to block off that shelf, and now she is laying in the nest boxes like she's supposed to.

 

[tlcmurphy]

This was actually last week, but the chicken I was certain to be my first to lay wasn't laying. She's a big calico princess and her comb and wattles got big and she was squatting. But others started laying and she still wasn't.
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Then one day last week I heard a ruckus in the shelves at the back of the coop and thought a rat or raccoon had somehow gotten in. Until Minnie popped her yellow head up and gave me the chicken side eye. She clambered out from behind the bins and I lifted her down and pulled out the bins. Oh.
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Rascal. I've had to block off that shelf, and now she is laying in the nest boxes like she's supposed to.

Clever girl!

 

[KtheChickenGal]

Utterly abandoned me after discovering I didn't have treats

 

[Candiru09]

Utterly abandoned me after discovering I didn't have treats

My chickens do that all the time

 

[TheChickenGirl16]

Utterly abandoned me after discovering I didn't have treats

 

[Exopoulterer]

I came home from work to find that Dove had been crapped upon. It was so bad and dried that I had to wash and blow dry. Neither of us were pleased.

 

[GApeachmama]

So who’s laying? Hell if I know. How many different colors of egg do y’all see? Also I have a speckled one without having any breeds known for laying speckled eggs. I still haven’t seen a blue or green egg. Also when should I expect laying to pick up? Getting 1-2 eggs per day for 5 potential layers & 2 confirmed. Or should I expect low numbers until spring despite them being new layers? For some reason I thought new layers would just lay close to regular amounts even through winter.

 

[Not-so Slick Chicken]

So who’s laying? Hell if I know. How many different colors of egg do y’all see? Also I have a speckled one without having any breeds known for laying speckled eggs. I still haven’t seen a blue or green egg. Also when should I expect laying to pick up? Getting 1-2 eggs per day for 5 potential layers & 2 confirmed. Or should I expect low numbers until spring despite them being new layers? For some reason I thought new layers would just lay close to regular amounts even through winter. View attachment 4244075View attachment 4244076View attachment 4244077

Speckling can show up when the brown coat isn't applied evenly
It may be more common in darker brown eggs, but it can happen with regular color ranges as well.

My Rhode Island Red used to lay what I would consider a classic brown egg, but then her ink printer must have run low and it got speckled.
Meanwhile, my Barred Plymouth Rock lays the lightest creamy egg of my whole flock, with just a few tan speckles on the end. So weird.

Unrelated
Maybe it's the angle of the picture, but some of your eggs might be pointy-side-up?