Not sure what happened here

[corewassen87]

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

My guess based on the shape of the hole is a toe nail poke, happens occasionally.

 

[corewassen87]

Guess I never thought of that! It just kinda worried me cuz of the way the rim of the hole was rolled out...I immediately thought something crawled out lol

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Guess I never thought of that! It just kinda worried me cuz of the way the rim of the hole was rolled out...I immediately thought something crawled out lol

 

[azygous]

It appears to me to be a failure to completely encase the egg with calcium while passing through the egg glad. How old is the hen who laid it? I see this with older hens and especially at the end of a yearly egg cycle just before molt.

I believe the calcium "roll" around the edge of the hole points to this rather than a beak or toe poke.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Like when you scratch a shell nodule off and there's a hole underneath, yeah that seems likely.

 

[donrae]

I like the "something crawled out" theory

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I like the "something crawled out" theory 

x2

 

[corewassen87]

I like the "something crawled out" theory 

Seriously scared me a little at first. I've seen some weird movies and I thought the worst at first lol

 

[corewassen87]

It appears to me to be a failure to completely encase the egg with calcium while passing through the egg glad. How old is the hen who laid it? I see this with older hens and especially at the end of a yearly egg cycle just before molt.

I believe the calcium "roll" around the edge of the hole points to this rather than a beak or toe poke.

She's 2.5-3 years old...maybe older. She's a old bag but I love her to bits