How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[chrissynemetz]

Today we hit the mother lode, 19 eggs. I really cannot remember last time for that - back in the summer likely.
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Of course that includes a couple wee silkie eggs, and this strange one.

I noted this egg seemed to have some sort of membrane like material on it, grabbed it when first laid. I left it and it dried a bit.
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When I picked at the material it came away leaving the inner membrane intact. Looks like the shell didn’t form there or something….?
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Is it ok to fry up and eat?

I used to get these occasionally. It's likely just a hiccup in the egg making process. I always scrambled them and fed them back to my chickens.

 

[Winderdear]

1 egg today, from dependable Marzo

 

[MotherofOrpies]

Whenever I get an egg like that, I just boil an eat it, nothing wrong with the egg, maybe too little calcium for the hen, I think they need at least 1-2 grams (!) calcium a day to produce an egg shell…I get about 4-6 eggs every day from 8 pullets, my 7 old hens are still in winter mode, I don’t expect an egg from my 12.5 year old hen, the others are from 2018, 2019, and one is from 2024, wait and see