Strange “egg” in nest?

[frankenchick]

Twice in the past week, I’ve found shelless eggs (the membrane is there, so they look like beige water balloons) in the nest boxes.

Tonight, I found an “egg balloon” and this odd bit. Is it an eggless shell? I cut it open, and both ends have some albumen and what looked like chalazes.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Do you have a picture of it cut open?

 

[Annalyse]

How old are your hens? it may be a glitch. How many treats do you give them?

 

[mamajos]

The last egg my 4 year old hen laid, which was in September, was like that. I don’t know why.

 

[Annalyse]

The last egg my 4 year old hen laid, which was in September, was like that. I don’t know why.

i ont know what to say really. I hope someone who is experienced can tell you. By tomorrow you'll hopefully have other replies. Do your hens look okay and not sick?

 

[mamajos]

You responded to my post, but I’m not the OP. I wrote my post to let OP know i had the same situation. For me, I’m guessing it’s because my hen is older, and started to molt after that.

 

[frankenchick]

I did cut the little sacs open, but they kind of collapsed on themselves and I couldn’t get a picture of their insides. They were like deflated balloons with a little mucous-like stuff I took to be albumen and little white stringy bits that looked like chalaza.

The girls just started laying in late August. I don’t feed them treats, just Flockraiser and a calcium supplement.

 

[RoosterWhisperer]

Twice in the past week, I’ve found shelless eggs (the membrane is there, so they look like beige water balloons) in the nest boxes.

Tonight, I found an “egg balloon” and this odd bit. Is it an eggless shell? I cut it open, and both ends have some albumen and what looked like chalazes.View attachment 2426719View attachment 2426719

Cute profile picture, teacup chicks, brilliant!

 

[RoosterWhisperer]

I've had eggs similar, but nothing like that, mine are sometimes normally round but shell-less
@JacinLarkwell, @Eggcessive, any ideas?

 

[BigBlueHen53]