Pullet bullets - Miss Prissy, Speckled Help!

[gritsar]

I have an 8 month old hen that's been laying for maybe a month and a half.
She consistently lays what we are calling pullet bullets. See picture - bullet on the right, next to one of my "normal" eggs.
Not knowing any better, I contribute the weird shape to her system being ut hum tight; although I have no idea if that's true about hens or not.

Do you think she'll always lay the bullets or will they start to take on the normal shape after awhile?

The inside looks the same as any other egg. I just keep them for our use rather than selling them.

 

[wendy]

What type of chickens do you have? I get that too with our eggs on some. Can't wait to see there answers

 

[Fudgie]

I got one like that from my white chinese goose!!

 

[gritsar]

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All my hens are LF brahmas.

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

My welsummer lays bullets just like that but she never used to. She used to lay regular sized ones. The only difference is she is old now

 

[wendy]

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All my hens are LF brahmas.

I don't have any of those chickens. HMM! Our duck even laid one shaped like that, of course it was white.

 

[speckledhen]

I have no idea! I have a hatchery RIR who used to lay those bullet shapes, but much bigger than a pullet egg. She quit to molt and now she lays a completely different shape than she used to. Weird.

 

[Tuffoldhen]

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All my LF Brahmas lay eggs just like the ones on the right. I have had excellent hatch rates when I set them. Rarely do I have an egg like the one on the left!! lol

 

[kinnip]

My Buckeye lays bullets. They're some of the tastiest eggs in the yard, so I won't complain.

 

[gritsar]

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OH now you've gone and done it Tuff! Now I'm going to be forced to buy an incubator come spring so I can see just how well pullet bullets hatch! That's the excuse I'm gonna give my SO anyhow.