Please help! Who laid this egg?? I don't have white egg layers...

[BigBlueHen53]

Grew up on a farm
Can't eat eggs
Got myself chickens
.... because

This makes perfect sense. You got chickens, because... chickens.
Not because eggs.

I actually got chickens because ticks. Eggs are just the glorious (to me) by-product. I love eggs and eat them every day. And also, because ... chickens, lol.

 

[Not-so Slick Chicken]

This makes perfect sense. You got chickens, because... chickens.
Not because eggs.

I actually got chickens because ticks. Eggs are just the glorious (to me) by-product. I love eggs and eat them every day. And also, because ... chickens, lol.

The crazy thing is I actually did get chickens because of eggs

It's a bit of a long story (or I don't know how to shorten it)

But I guess, I didn't get the chickens for ME to eat eggs.
But I did get chickens because I decided I wanted chickens.

 

[NewcoopNewpoop]

There are some decent single egg recipes out there. I like making an oatmeal and egg patty with a mashed ripe banana. Comes out like a hearty pancake.

 

[Vero272]

What did you do with the eggs if you didn’t eat them? Please tell me you didn’t toss them

Something very tasty that I recommend that doesn’t taste like eggs are french toast! 1 egg per toast french toast so less milk!

 

[NewcoopNewpoop]

What did you do with the eggs if you didn’t eat them? Please tell me you didn’t toss them

Something very tasty that I recommend that doesn’t taste like eggs are french toast! 1 egg per toast french toast so less milk!

We have a hen that lays the ugliest eggs I have ever seen and I just made creme brulee with hers.. omg it was so delicious!
Plenty of things to do with an ugly egg.

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/creme-brulee-recipe-1915975

Instead of orange liq. I used a tsp of maple extract. YUM!

 

[ChickenShepherd_6116]

What did you do with the eggs if you didn’t eat them? Please tell me you didn’t toss them

Something very tasty that I recommend that doesn’t taste like eggs are french toast! 1 egg per toast french toast so less milk!

Oh no, I never toss them! I cook and bake often enough to use them up, especially because I don't have very many layer at the moment. Also, other members of my family eat eggs plain, I just know them well enough to know they weren't going to eat that odd looking egg (despite it being perfectly fine).

French toast is a great idea! I love some French toast in the morning..

 

[WhySayWhat]

Assuming she normally lays a brown shelled egg, it looks like a "misfire" that didn't spend long enough in the "paint job" area of egg production. If you didn't wash it, it could also be a super heavy bloom. I notice when my darker brown egg layers are getting ready to molt, their eggshells tend to be a lighter shade of brown than normal.

As for the nice dark yellow/orange of the yolk...food can affect the color, and I specifically add herbs and greens/flowers to my hen's feed to achieve a dark orange yolk! Marigold flowers, for example, will help them produce a very dark orange yolk. Also, greens like Purslane, Dandelion greens, grass clippings (as long as you don't use any sort of "weed and feed" or "weed killer" near it), etc...will imprve the yolk color. A pale yolk is a signal that they are missing something in their diet. I add cayenne, red pepper flakes, garlic, dill, sage, marjoram, parsley, cilantro, and several other "spices" to their feed to help with their immune systems, yolk color, and as a pest deterrent on a regular basis. I buy in bulk, premix in 5-gallon buckets, and mix it into the large metal garbage can I use for their feed (to keep the damned mice out). That way, when I fill their feeders, they are getting everything without me having to add each one separately to each feeder.

 

[Rickey Lynn]

So this thread might be kind of long because I have a lot to explain...

To start off, I found this egg in the nest box two days ago (no eggs have been laid since - only Easter Egger eggs). The odd thing is, I don't know who laid it, or why it looks like this. To give you some idea of my flock, I have 3 laying hens, and 6 pullets; my 3 laying hens are: 1 ISA Brown (5yo), 1 Easter Egger (2yo), and 1 Buff Orpington (3yo); my 2mo pullets are: Olive Egger, Lavender Orpington, Dark Brahma, Black Australorp, Cuckoo Maran, and Blue Laced Gold Wyandotte. One of each. They all eat Starter Crumbles with free choice Oyster Shells. Now here is the hard part... I have 2 hens who have been a little off with their laying - My ISA Brown and my Buff Orpington, my Easter Egger lays great eggs.

Here is the story with my Buff Orpington: About a month or so ago, two of my hens escaped the run and got killed by my dog. My Buff Orpington was safely in the run when this happened, but idk if she saw it and got traumatized because right after that, she started eating her eggs, then, about 2 weeks ago, she stopped laying altogether. Now my guess is that she just started laying again, and that's why the egg isn't normal. Maybe she just has to get into the hang of laying again...? But then why haven't I gotten any eggs from her since then?

As for my ISA Brown, she lays soft shelled eggs, has been for a couple months now. I assume that's just her age, though. Maybe she is starting to lay normal-ish eggs? Not much else to say about her... I go into the nesting box, and every morning I have to clean out dirty shavings from her broken eggs.

My guess is its the Buff Orpington who laid this egg, but why is it white? The White - Yolk ratio is normal, and the yolk is super dark, just like my Easter Egger's. Idk if you can tell from the pictures, but the egg shell has little speckles on it. The shell wasn't super hard, but it also wasn't super frail, idk if that helps lol. Also, is this safe to feed back to my girls? I'm not going to eat it because I don't like plain eggs, and I'm not baking anything soon enough to use it.

To show just how dark the yolk is, this is a picture of it next to a store bought egg:

Looks like one of your hens has run out of toner. It happens once in a while

 

[Tlhyslop]

So this thread might be kind of long because I have a lot to explain...

To start off, I found this egg in the nest box two days ago (no eggs have been laid since - only Easter Egger eggs). The odd thing is, I don't know who laid it, or why it looks like this. To give you some idea of my flock, I have 3 laying hens, and 6 pullets; my 3 laying hens are: 1 ISA Brown (5yo), 1 Easter Egger (2yo), and 1 Buff Orpington (3yo); my 2mo pullets are: Olive Egger, Lavender Orpington, Dark Brahma, Black Australorp, Cuckoo Maran, and Blue Laced Gold Wyandotte. One of each. They all eat Starter Crumbles with free choice Oyster Shells. Now here is the hard part... I have 2 hens who have been a little off with their laying - My ISA Brown and my Buff Orpington, my Easter Egger lays great eggs.

Here is the story with my Buff Orpington: About a month or so ago, two of my hens escaped the run and got killed by my dog. My Buff Orpington was safely in the run when this happened, but idk if she saw it and got traumatized because right after that, she started eating her eggs, then, about 2 weeks ago, she stopped laying altogether. Now my guess is that she just started laying again, and that's why the egg isn't normal. Maybe she just has to get into the hang of laying again...? But then why haven't I gotten any eggs from her since then?

As for my ISA Brown, she lays soft shelled eggs, has been for a couple months now. I assume that's just her age, though. Maybe she is starting to lay normal-ish eggs? Not much else to say about her... I go into the nesting box, and every morning I have to clean out dirty shavings from her broken eggs.

My guess is its the Buff Orpington who laid this egg, but why is it white? The White - Yolk ratio is normal, and the yolk is super dark, just like my Easter Egger's. Idk if you can tell from the pictures, but the egg shell has little speckles on it. The shell wasn't super hard, but it also wasn't super frail, idk if that helps lol. Also, is this safe to feed back to my girls? I'm not going to eat it because I don't like plain eggs, and I'm not baking anything soon enough to use it.

To show just how dark the yolk is, this is a picture of it next to a store bought egg:

The air cell in shell is large, usually meaning older egg. The inside of shell coloring try to match up to your other eggs. That usually don't change on my hens eggs. So colored eggs are usually also colored inside shell walls too.