The Old Folks Home

[vehve]

Ron, both girls are only 10 months old, so it's not a age thing. But maybe it is Veera's egg then, which would be good since that would mean we're back to 5 layers. It will be interesting to see how it looks inside, this is our first genuine wind egg. All of the girls have started with something around 30 grams or larger.

 

[Wisher1000]

Sometimes an egg will form around a bit of tissue or even a blood clot and the hen's body treats it like a yolk. It gets albumin, a membrane, and a shell. This can happen to any hen, at any age. So it could have been any of them. I get these about once every three or four months from my mixed flock of 20+ hens.

 

[drumstick diva]

I wouldn't want to open a tiny egg and find a blood clot inside - there goes breakfast

 

[vehve]

I'm not that squeamish. Curiosity tends to win over here. I have some lovely eggtopsy pictures for you Diva, if you're interested

Bama! I see you lurking! Hopefully they'll let you out of jail soon!

 

[hennible]

Post eggtopcy pics vehve won't be nearly as gross as a failed incubation

 

[ronott1]

I'm not that squeamish. Curiosity tends to win over here. I have some lovely eggtopsy pictures for you Diva, if you're interested

Bama! I see you lurking! Hopefully they'll let you out of jail soon!

Yes, open the egg!

I found an egg like that in the summer this year. It looked like a little Robin's egg.

 

[vehve]

I'm going to wait for Karin to come home though, she is our designated medical examiner. And probably wants to see the egg herself.

 

[casportpony]

I bet it's just egg white or maybe has a tiny yolk. Take pictures!

-Kathy

 

[Wisher1000]

You're going to give her permission to open it?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I'm betting it's albumen only. Wind eggs can happen any time but most of mine have come after a long season of laying.