That wasn't an egg!

[sharondoright]

Can we eat the regular eggs, if one has laid a lash egg

 

[aart]

I can’t find it in the dirt this morning to get pictures, but google shows Lash eggs, and some look very similar. Sounds ominous as well. Should I quarantine each hen for a day to see if she isn’t laying properly, try to single out a sick Hen or let it be

Just wait and see if you get , another one....definitely look for a bird that is not feeling well, keep an eye out, would be good to know which bird it is.

Can we eat the regular eggs, if one has laid a lash egg

I doubt that bird is laying normal eggs, not sure if it's a risk or not.
@casportpony @Wyorp Rock any idea if presence of lash egg makes other eggs risky to eat?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Ok... weird thing... embryo like... maybe 2” long, pink, fleshy blob found in nest box today. My girls roam under trees, all over pasture. Would they pick up up lost fetal squirrel or other thing and put it in the box. I don’t want to be gross, but’s it was still squishy ... the girls have caught and eaten small birds, mice, etc. but this was not damaged. So weird.

Just wait and see if you get , another one....definitely look for a bird that is not feeling well, keep an eye out, would be good to know which bird it is.

I doubt that bird is laying normal eggs, not sure if it's a risk or not.
@casportpony @Wyorp Rock any idea if presence of lash egg makes other eggs risky to eat?

If you find another one please get some photos, you won't gross us (me) out
It does sound like possibly Lash Egg or could it have been a curled up membrane from a soft shell/shell less egg like in the photo below?

As for if you can eat regular hard shelled eggs - I would think so as long as they are thoroughly cooked. I have my doubts that if a hen has Salpingitis that she would be laying normal eggs anyway.

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[sharondoright]

If you find another one please get some photos, you won't gross us (me) out
It does sound like possibly Lash Egg or could it have been a curled up membrane from a soft shell/shell less egg like in the photo below?

As for if you can eat regular hard shelled eggs - I would think so as long as they are thoroughly cooked. I have my doubts that if a hen has Salpingitis that she would be laying normal eggs anyway.

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Thanks. No this pic isn’t not like my find.

 

[sharondoright]

Here are a couple pictures from web... very similar to my find.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thanks. No this pic isn’t not like my find.

I was hoping it was

I would keep an eye out for a hen that seems to be a little off. Sometimes a hen can expel quite a few lash eggs without showing any outward "symptoms". Seems to be when they are getting into trouble, they are having a hard time expelling the lash egg or the material has also started to accumulate in the abdomen.
If you find another lash egg and know which hen it is, you can try treating her with an antibiotic to help fight infection. While it's not a cure, it could prolong her life if she is a pet.

 

[sharondoright]

I was hoping it was

I would keep an eye out for a hen that seems to be a little off. Sometimes a hen can expel quite a few lash eggs without showing any outward "symptoms". Seems to be when they are getting into trouble, they are having a hard time expelling the lash egg or the material has also started to accumulate in the abdomen.
If you find another lash egg and know which hen it is, you can try treating her with an antibiotic to help fight infection. While it's not a cure, it could prolong her life if she is a pet.

They aren’t pets, but they aren’t non-pets either. Reading up on this, doesn’t sound good. Will probably devote a day to watching who lays what. Maybe paint a toe or something as they exit the nest. They are not handled so should be exciting. Lol

 

[sharondoright]

If you find another one please get some photos, you won't gross us (me) out
It does sound like possibly Lash Egg or could it have been a curled up membrane from a soft shell/shell less egg like in the photo below?

As for if you can eat regular hard shelled eggs - I would think so as long as they are thoroughly cooked. I have my doubts that if a hen has Salpingitis that she would be laying normal eggs anyway.

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Update... I am holding them in their (huge) enclosure until I verify all are ok. Yesterday, had 2 eggs with no shell, and one wrinkly guy like your picture. Mr. rooster pants has 11 girls, and is great guardian, but they are pretty beat up.. might isolate him in 2nd area for a few days... give the girls a break. Plus I need to gentle him down and trim his feet.

 

[DobieLover]

Update... I am holding them in their (huge) enclosure until I verify all are ok. Yesterday, had 2 eggs with no shell, and one wrinkly guy like your picture. Mr. rooster pants has 11 girls, and is great guardian, but they are pretty beat up.. might isolate him in 2nd area for a few days... give the girls a break. Plus I need to gentle him down and trim his feet.

If your boy is a jerk like mine, you might want to take him off the roost at night to do his feet. Just wear a head lamp. They are pretty darn docile in dim light.

 

[sharondoright]

Great idea! He is a jerk, and gets loses his battle with me a couple of time soon a month, then leaves me alone for a couple of weeks. Thinking to split him up to give girls a break, as most of these egg issues say could be from stress. Just have to see if he is separated, will he Ben worse to the hens when back together.