Topic of the Week - When eggs go wrong

[Cjsgnn]

I haven't had anything too crazy, but my Silver Wyandotte and my Golden Wyandotte both have the habit of laying some speckled eggs from time to time.
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I've also had my fair share of double yolkers, mostly from my White Leghorn and my Easter Egger:
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And my Leghorn laid this whopper recently. I haven't cracked it open yet but I'm going to go ahead and place my money on another double yolker. Both eggs were laid by the same hen a day apart.
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Your eggs look great. I recently had a unique egg.

 

[Eden83_haaretz]

Been pretty lucky in that respect, since I've had chickens I've only ever gotten one or two double yokers (it's been about a year and a half or two I'd say).

But just yesterday I noticed that one of my hens had a prolapsed oviduct, it returned to normal all by itself, but I will be watching her, because she has been laying rather large eggs for her size with a bit of blood smear. Most of the hens I have were first timers so I hope they don't have problems further on.

 

[NiteMareTender]

I was told if you put out the oyster shell into a separate container the ones who need it should eat it and the others won't, supposedly they know what it's for. I put out crushed egg shells (from my chickens, not store bought) in a separate dish for them. My girls eat it, but the cockerels don't. It's weird how excited they get about it too.

Lol, my dumbass roo eats the crushed shells along with his girls

 

[Hip Hillbilly Acres]

I have never seen a shellless egg and really I am not looking forward to running in to one. As it is I have never retrieved an egg from under a hen (seems so invasive, LOL) and I would be nervous to stick my hand under her (I've got lots to learn). But then to run into a shell less egg. At the point that I touch it isn't that a mess in the making?

 

[Hip Hillbilly Acres]

Been pretty lucky in that respect, since I've had chickens I've only ever gotten one or two double yokers (it's been about a year and a half or two I'd say).

But just yesterday I noticed that one of my hens had a prolapsed oviduct, it returned to normal all by itself, but I will be watching her, because she has been laying rather large eggs for her size with a bit of blood smear. Most of the hens I have were first timers so I hope they don't have problems further on.

Awwww, how is she now?

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Anyone here ever get an egg with another complete egg (shell and all) inside it? I so wish I had taken a picture ( or even better a video) of the time I got one!

Once...weirdest thing I've ever seen happen. It was an egg with 2 shells basically...a double hull!

Got a "water balloon" egg one time during winter. Still no idea who laid that one. A transparent shell! I should've gotten the photo Before I tried to pick it up & the fragile "balloon" tore...but yeah, it was like a balloon.

Get a few double yolkers per year, one time a giant triple yolker, compliments of my 1 big butt Maran.

Mostly, my girl's eggs are perfect, though. I do not consider occasional speckles a flaw, on the contrary, the more varied & colorful the eggs are when a customer opens the lid, the better. I try to put all 7 different colors in each dozen. That's actually one of the reasons my eggs sell out 1st at the local market.

 

[Egg Snatcher]

I’ve had some oval eggs, small perfect circle eggs and funny shaped eggs all from my bantams but my favorite weird egg that they’ll lay occasionally are the tiny tiny fairy eggs! I’ve gotten about 12.

 

[Nyhillbillies]

Associated question: why are my very fresh hard boiled eggs so hard to peel? What should I be doing to majke them easy-peel the next day?

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

Some of my eggs have been very wierd. I have found just the shell without the yolk(they ate it). Tiny little eggs. Alot of double yolkers and wierd patterened eggs. Odd shaped eggs and recently they have had blood on the outside iy only has happened 3 times from 2 different chickens is something wrong.

 

[NewBoots]

Associated question: why are my very fresh hard boiled eggs so hard to peel? What should I be doing to majke them easy-peel the next day?

That's the way super fresh eggs are, for hard boiling, I keep some for about a week. For the 4th of July, I set aside 2 dozen eggs. MMmmm deviled eggs....and super eggy potato salad!