Perfectly Formed Egg with Membrane and Tail on Outside

[klunderwood]

Hello Friends,
Sorry if this has been asked and answered. I looked for a while and did not find it. I found this egg this morning with all the others. It is a perfectly formed and hardened egg, with a slippery membrane that trails off into a tail at the end. I believe it is from my older Buff. She as well as all my other chickens are acting fine and running around like normal. I have been keeping chickens for a couple of years myself and grew up doing it as well.

Ideas? Thanks for all your wisdom!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Egg with a tail.
Does she have oyster shell available free choice?
If she's not acting off, then it's probably just a glitch and I would keep watch on her. Has she molted yet this year?
If she's having troubles with laying eggs, then I would give her 1/2 tablet Caltrate for no more than 3 days to see if that makes a difference.

https://www.yellowbirchhobbyfarm.com/weird-eggs-101-the-oddities-explained/

 

[klunderwood]

Yes, she just finished molting and she has shell available, plus they free-range. Thank you for your reassurance to just keep an eye on her. That's what I was thinking.

 

[aart]

That shelled egg backed up out of the shell gland and got another coating of membrane.
Hopefully just a back-to-laying glitch.
You can get some funky eggs around(before and after) molting time.

 

[klunderwood]

Aart,
Thank you for your answer. That is exactly what it looks like and makes sense. Chickens are great resilient animals and very entertaining!