my egg has a hole in it!

[LayALilEgg 4Me]

Hello I'm new to BYC and I'm a beginner in chicken keeping. I have two nullified pekin bantams (freckles and speckle) twelve week old. I have a black australorp which I believe is about a year old (hazel hen) and two of her chicks (bramble and cheeky) three weeks old. Hazel layed her first egg since we got her a few days ago which was beautiful and tasted amazing she announced when she was laying.

However, today she has just layed her second egg and it has a hole on the pointy end!

I feed her layers pellets and give her fresh water daily as well as grit and oyster shell, for an occasional treat she gets a smidge of bread or corn. She is also cleaned regularly and I do a poo pick up every day or every other day to keep her clean. She has access to dust bathing and has her own home built pen of which she free ranges.

Am I doing something wrong? What is this hole in the egg. I hope she is ok I love her too pieces. Please help. Thanks xxx

 

[sunflour]

glad you have joined us.

If you still have the egg in question, please post a pic showing the hole and maybe someone can advise on the cause?

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Hi

Glad you could join the flock! X2 with sunflour could you post a pic? If you have only had her a few days the moving from her previous home could have caused her to have a blip in her laying process.
Here is a great article on egg quality problems https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/common-egg-quality-problems
There is also the egg laying section you could check out too https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/18/chicken-behaviors-and-egglaying

Good luck with your girls and enjoy BYC

 

[LayALilEgg 4Me]

Millefleur*

 

[LayALilEgg 4Me]

Hello thank you for your warm welcome.
I am having trouble posting a picture, I select the photo and then press submitted and a message comes up saying embedding image and then when it's finished the picture hasn't come up? Maybe this is because I'm doing this from my kindle fire?? Xx

 

[drumstick diva]

When you say the egg has a hole in it. Does it look like it was pecked from the outside? Some hens become egg eaters, and not only is it a bad habit to break but, the other hens will see her doing it and do the same.

 

[LayALilEgg 4Me]

Hey it doesn't look like a rock I dont think cos there is no cracks in it it's like a perfect hole the size of a small pea right on the point of the egg. I'm trying to post a picture but when I submitted the pic it doesn't show up

 

[LayALilEgg 4Me]

Peck*

 

[LayALilEgg 4Me]

Here is a ouc of the egg in question. Any ideas on what the cause is, is really appreciated.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Hi there again! I see your in the UK me too!! Over in Yorkshire. Here is a link on how to add pics https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/inserting-pics-in-on-the-new-byc

I'm on iPad and have a little box with a mountain and moon on above the reply box I click that and a box comes up with upload pic add url etc.