I've somewhat recently gotten a Rhode Island Red from the farm I've been working on, one of the older hens who was having trouble with bullying and scratching, leading to her not being able to walk since her nails grew so long. After some TLC and nail clippers, she got back on her feet and became quite attached to me.
She'd stopped laying for several weeks, at least three since we got her, but soon started giving large eggs nearly daily once she got back into a healthy shape. Recently, she's been giving slightly smaller eggs, with the most recent egg blowing me away. It had a hard outer shell, and was shaped like a J. I've never seen anything like it. I know that she is getting older, maybe 3 years old is my guess, but I've never seen such a strange egg. Any ideas?!
Tl;dr My Rhode Island Red laid the strangest egg I've ever seen, but seems perfectly happy and healthy.
She'd stopped laying for several weeks, at least three since we got her, but soon started giving large eggs nearly daily once she got back into a healthy shape. Recently, she's been giving slightly smaller eggs, with the most recent egg blowing me away. It had a hard outer shell, and was shaped like a J. I've never seen anything like it. I know that she is getting older, maybe 3 years old is my guess, but I've never seen such a strange egg. Any ideas?!
Tl;dr My Rhode Island Red laid the strangest egg I've ever seen, but seems perfectly happy and healthy.
