Ring around the egg?

[CaptainSamH]

This is a “white banded egg”.

this egg stopped in production and tbe next one ran into it. It gets an extra coating of calcium, and the ring forms.

it’s a hiccup in the system, but nothing to be too alarmed at. A lot of times it is caused by stress, like, being kicked out of the box by another chicken, or bullied. Sometimes it’s a constant thing, and sometimes just occasionally.

I have a hen that spent a good 7 months with a white banded egg every two days, immediately followed, sometimes within an hour or two, by a soft shelled egg. Don’t be alarmed if you find soft shelled eggs afterward.

Wow, that is really helpful info. Thanks a ton!

 

[aart]

Nah. Is there a way to rig the coop to tell who lays where? (Is that a ridiculous question?)

Not ridiculous. It can be very hard to 'catch them in the act' in order to ID a funky layer.

I guess JD was able to pull it off:

I have a hen that spent a good 7 months with a white banded egg every two days, immediately followed, sometimes within an hour or two, by a soft shelled egg. Don’t be alarmed if you find soft shelled eggs afterward.

How did you do that @jolenesdad ?

 

[jolenesdad]

Not ridiculous. It can be very hard to 'catch them in the act' in order to ID a funky layer.

I guess JD was able to pull it off:
How did you do that @jolenesdad ?

You’re not supposed to ask questions like that and make me look crazy.

some days I spend a little too long in the coop with a book. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ especially if there’s a mystery happening or I’m integrating birds. I call it learning, and it feels good to have that peace. I’ve spent quite a bit of time trying to watch and learn flock and bird dynamics raising these meat birds, too, hoping to be able to expand without too many learning curves.

plus, I like to keep a pretty peaceful flock so I rehome layers that are bullies.

To be honest to the OP, my white banded layer stopped as soon as I rehomed a particular bird that I had no idea was actually causing a ruckus.

oh and for a few years I would only keep one of each breed so I could be super duper nerdy and track egg production by the day, knowing which egg came from which hen regardless if you saw it.

 

[aart]

You’re not supposed to ask questions like that and make me look crazy.

some days I spend a little too long in the coop with a book. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ especially if there’s a mystery happening or I’m integrating birds. I call it learning, and it feels good to have that peace. I’ve spent quite a bit of time trying to watch and learn flock and bird dynamics raising these meat birds, too, hoping to be able to expand without too many learning curves.

Nah, you're not crazy...just determined, and that's what it takes is time being there and observing.

 

[kerbotx]

I sooooo want to rig up a 'nanny cam' for my coop, but it's too far away from the house for the wifi...

 

[cmom]

I also get an egg once in awhile like that. I put in the carton for the house eggs. I sell most of my eggs so I keep the odd ones and eat them myself. Good luck and have fun...

 

[cmom]

I sooooo want to rig up a 'nanny cam' for my coop, but it's too far away from the house for the wifi...

I have the same problem so I put a couple of game cameras in a couple of coops. The only thing was on them was the birds and me changing out the memory card. I was looking for rats and mice but didn't see any.

 

[GC-Raptor]

What Jolenesdad said. GC

From Alltech.

 

[CaptainSamH]

You’re not supposed to ask questions like that and make me look crazy.

some days I spend a little too long in the coop with a book. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ especially if there’s a mystery happening or I’m integrating birds. I call it learning, and it feels good to have that peace. I’ve spent quite a bit of time trying to watch and learn flock and bird dynamics raising these meat birds, too, hoping to be able to expand without too many learning curves.

plus, I like to keep a pretty peaceful flock so I rehome layers that are bullies.

To be honest to the OP, my white banded layer stopped as soon as I rehomed a particular bird that I had no idea was actually causing a ruckus.

oh and for a few years I would only keep one of each breed so I could be super duper nerdy and track egg production by the day, knowing which egg came from which hen regardless if you saw it.

I wish there was a love button for this post.

 

[rosemarythyme]

oh and for a few years I would only keep one of each breed so I could be super duper nerdy and track egg production by the day, knowing which egg came from which hen regardless if you saw it.

... Sounds like me - if someone opens a carton of my eggs I can ID who laid what. Well, up until my 2 EEs began laying. I've had the darndest time IDing which one is laying which eggs even though the shape and colors do look slightly different.