Strange Egg

[CO ChickenMom]

My Buff Orpington laid a “fractured” egg today - she’s never done this before, but it’s been unusually cold here, so much so that I brought the girls into our heated garage temporarily. Could it be from the stress of the move? The other girls are laying their usual eggs.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Looks like it dlfroze after being laid but didn't split

 

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

Looks like it dlfroze after being laid but didn't split

x2

 

[CO ChickenMom]

Looks like it dlfroze after being laid but didn't split

Well, it was laid in the nesting box in the heated garage, so that’s not a possibility. And it was still slightly warm when I found it.

 

[CluckerFamily]

What kind of bedding was in the nesting box? Is it a flat box or does it have edges that the egg could land on?

 

[CO ChickenMom]

What kind of bedding was in the nesting box? Is it a flat box or does it have edges that the egg could land on?

It has their normal roll-away paint tray with a fake grass pad and then a nesting pad on top of that (they like to hollow that out to make it nice and cozy!). So no, no sharp edges.

 

[CluckerFamily]

It has their normal roll-away paint tray with a fake grass pad and then a nesting pad on top of that (they like to hollow that out to make it nice and cozy!). So no, no sharp edges.

I would keep an eye on her next egg.

 

[aart]

Looks like it cracked while being shelled.
Could have been caused by the stress of moving.
Was the cracked part flexible or hard?

 

[CO ChickenMom]

Looks like it cracked while being shelled.
Could have been caused by the stress of moving.
Was the cracked part flexible or hard?

Hard, but very thin. The whole shell was thinner than usual.

 

[RoosterHuggerLiz]

Hard, but very thin. The whole shell was thinner than usual.

Senator sounds like she was low on calcium, if the egg with a usually low on calcium and with the stress of moving causing her body to tighten up it could have cracked on its way out, see if you can give her calcium supplements oyster shells or crushed egg shells