SCARRY YOLK COLOR from Marans X egg!!!!

[crystalchik]

Hey everyone! Sorry it took so long to get back to you guys! And wow, ACORNS! It fits perfectly, we have a squirrel that we have outside that we saved and we are "conditioning" him to the weather, and we always give him lots or acorns. When I let the chickens out the first thing they do is run under his cage and eat. I can never see what they are eating though.
So is this deadly? Are the eggs eatable?? Are they hatchable??? And what causes this???? Sorry for all the questions I have never heard of this before!!
And here are some pics as you requested! They dont look as green in the pics as they do in the plate!! The second pic is the same egg and you can see the off-colored swirling of dark pigments...wierd!!
Thank you for all the info!!!
Crystalchik

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

That is so weird!

Thank you for the photos.

 

[mylilchix]

I can't tell you if the eggs are good to eat or not, but I had to laugh at your plates. (Not in a bad way!) My mom has those plates!! I grew up eating off of them.

 

[jvls1942]

I had one like that a little over a year ago. but it was just one out of dozens that were laid at the same time. never had it happen again..
the bad thing, it was sold to a customer who really went bonkers over it..

he finally got over it and started buying eggs from me again after his wife got on him.. he buys cases of hatchery eggs for his restaurant, but buys my eggs for his family's personnal use.
How about that??

 

[katrinag]

If this the only egg like that?

 

[Robin'sBrood]

Ewww, that yolk sure is unappetizing, isn't it.

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I have one little ol' lone salad plate like that now. Corelle, right? My mom likes to pick up Corelle dishes at yard sales, flea markets, etc. so I have some odds and ends pieces such as that.

 

[BeardedChick]

(gag!) That is a gross looking egg!

And here I was gonna go fry up some eggs for lunch...

 

[notsooldmcdonald]

The upside is that you really can have green eggs and ham, or a particularly festive St. Patrick's Day!

-C

 

[pips&peeps]

Acorns contain a substance called gallotannin. In the rumen, gallotannin is metabolized to gallic acid and tannic acid. Tannic acid causes ulceration of the mouth, esophagus, and gastrointestinal tract. Tannic acid is especially toxic to the renal tubules, and renal failure tends to be the hallmark of this disease. In the fall, this substance concentrates in acorns and increases the risk of animal poisoning when acorns are ingested.


The above pertains to cows, but I would imagine that too many acorns in poultry can cause renal failure also.

 

[Bec]