Take a look at this egg shell

[maizey]

My 3 girls (barred rocks) are going on 9 months old. Have been laying steady since early march, pretty consistent egg a day. Have had a couple of glitches from one bird.. had a double yolker, and a shelless egg but other than those two occasions, all is good. I found this today. I cant decide if she ate it, or if it came out that way. There was some yolk in the nest where she lays, and a hole in the egg shell, but it looks crushed, not pecked.. at least to my novice eyes. Everyone is acting fine, no dirty bottoms. They are in a run most of the day but usually get an hour of free range time in the morning, and another 3-4 in the evening. They have layer crumbles, oyster shell and assorted chicken healthy kitchen snacks. What do you guys think? An egg laying malfunction or did somebody try to eat it?

 

[jennh]

That happens sometimes. I would keep an eye on it, but I don't think it's anything to worry about JMHO

 

[chicmom]

It just looks to me like one of your hens layed a very thin shelled egg, and possibly sat on it. She may have eaten it, but truly you'll never know.....Sounds like some of it ended up in the nest box.....

I wouldn't worry, this does happen from time to time, even with the older hens. You'll see so many different things.....teeny tiny eggs (fart eggs) hehe, shell-less eggs (membrane only), wrinkley eggs.....bumpy eggs.......

Not to worry!

Sharon

 

[Miyashi]

Looks like it may have had a softer shell and it was crushed. Doesn't look like someone tried to eat it deliberately. Just my opinion though...
Hope it's not egg eatin'!

 

[maizey]

Now that I look closely at the picture, it almost looks like what a snake spits back out after eating an egg...it even has two evenly spaced holes in it. And all those hairline fractures in it. I believe this egg was squeezed and crushed. Either on the way out of a chicken or on the way down and out of a sneaky snake...possible?