The Egg Anomalies Thread

[kattabelly]

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[FurryHerbalist]

Here’s a question on egg anomalies. My Cream Legbar was laying a full size egg and then immediately a quail sized egg with no yolk. The two eggs would consistently be in the nest touching, apparently laid within minutes of each other. She is now laying only the small eggs with no yolk. The eggs are slightly darker blue/green than the photo shows.

The girls all came from SandHill Preservation in Iowa June 24th and July 8th 2025. I’m used to first eggs being small but that always has progressed to full size within in a month or so.

Any ideas if this is a permanent genetic issue? She is fully feathered, active and happy as are all the other hens who are laying full sized eggs.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[FunClucks]

Here’s a question on egg anomalies. My Cream Legbar was laying a full size egg and then immediately a quail sized egg with no yolk. The two eggs would consistently be in the nest touching, apparently laid within minutes of each other. She is now laying only the small eggs with no yolk. The eggs are slightly darker blue/green than the photo shows.

The girls all came from SandHill Preservation in Iowa June 24th and July 8th 2025. I’m used to first eggs being small but that always has progressed to full size within in a month or so.

Any ideas if this is a permanent genetic issue? She is fully feathered, active and happy as are all the other hens who are laying full sized eggs.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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How long has this been going on? Has she recently molted, and then this started? Have you tried feeding her human Calcium citrate with vitamin D (~600 mg) 1x day for a few weeks up to a month? You can pop one pill, or half a pill at a time in their beaks, and they will swallow it. The calcium citrate can help regulate their laying cycles. Don't know if that's directly applicable here, but I don't think trying it could hurt.

 

[lillykew]

Hello all! Just got a strange egg this evening. Normally I get brown eggs from my MM Marans, but today I got one that seems to be brown but with a white bloom. You can see the scratches in the bloom a little bit. I'm used to some variation but this was new.

Should I be concerned? The chickens are all about 8 months old, and are pretty regular layers. The only change has been that I've been able to let them range in my back yard a bit the last couple weeks.

Thanks in advance

 

[FunClucks]

Hello all! Just got a strange egg this evening. Normally I get brown eggs from my MM Marans, but today I got one that seems to be brown but with a white bloom. You can see the scratches in the bloom a little bit. I'm used to some variation but this was new.

Should I be concerned? The chickens are all about 8 months old, and are pretty regular layers. The only change has been that I've been able to let them range in my back yard a bit the last couple weeks.

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Looks like normal variation to me. She'll probably lay a normal egg next time.