Mystery egg

[Wrigs8]

We went out to gather the eggs today and we found this. I’m thinking it’s a Lash Egg. Thoughts?? It is melting as time is passing.

 

[azygous]

You are correct. It's actually pus from an infection of the reproductive track called salpingitis. If this hasn't been going on for a while, you could try an antibiotic. Of course, you will need to identify which hen is infected.

 

[sourland]

Perhaps a lash egg or frozen soft shelled egg. Melting will tell the tale.

 

[Wrigs8]

You are correct. It's actually pus from an infection of the reproductive track called salpingitis. If this hasn't been going on for a while, you could try an antibiotic. Of course, you will need to identify which hen is infected.

How do I know which hen?? I’m having a problem with my flock and I’m not sure what we are doing wrong. Last Tuesday I had a prolapsed hen, Wednesday I found an egg bound hen and now this. The only thing I can think of is our feed and not enough protein.

 

[azygous]

Scale is always an issue when posting photos of items such as this. The plate could be a small one and the item on it might be no more than an inch. If the plate is a full size dinner plate, the item very well could be the size of a real egg. It's good practice to always place a familiar object next to it for scale, such as a quarter, penny, a pen, or best of all, a ruler.

To find out which hen is having egg quality issues, you need to spy on them. It's kind of a hassle, but checking which hen is currently in a nest and picking up the egg right after it's laid can help match eggs up to the hens that laid them.

 

[Wrigs8]

Scale is always an issue when posting photos of items such as this. The plate could be a small one and the item on it might be no more than an inch. If the plate is a full size dinner plate, the item very well could be the size of a real egg. It's good practice to always place a familiar object next to it for scale, such as a quarter, penny, a pen, or best of all, a ruler.

To find out which hen is having egg quality issues, you need to spy on them. It's kind of a hassle, but checking which hen is currently in a nest and picking up the egg right after it's laid can help match eggs up to the hens that laid them.

 

[Wrigs8]

Thanks for the advice. I never thought about the size. The plate is small. The “egg” is about the size of a pallet egg - a bit larger than a golf ball.

 

[azygous]

It could be a real egg. Could you slice into it and show us what it looks like with a new photo? Determining whether this is a lash egg or a shell-less egg will determine how you will treat the hen that produced it.

 

[Wrigs8]

It could be a real egg. Could you slice into it and show us what it looks like with a new photo? Determining whether this is a lash egg or a shell-less egg will determine how you will treat the hen that produced it.

There is nothing to slice into. Once it unfroze it became just a blob of slime.

 

[azygous]

A blob of slime would likely be neither an egg or lash egg. Would posting a photo of this puddle of slime be too much trouble?