torpedo egg!

[sunket77]

one of my hens started laying torpedo eggs!! they are long and narrow and we got another misshapen egg today, it was just kind of bumpy. And there was a broken egg in the nest which has never happened before. I am hoping it wasn't soft. I recently switched to an organic mash could they not be getting the right nutrients now? I switched from layena. (purina)

 

[scgamecock]

I have a buttercup hen that lays torpedo eggs.

 

[rubyrogue]

My polish lays torpedo eggs

 

[gritsar]

Guys! Guys! They are not torpedo eggs! They are pullet bullets.

I doubt the change of feed had anything to do with it. Are you providing extra calcium in the form of oyster shell?

 

[usschicago1]

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[Sunny Side Up]

I've had hens that routinely laid long narrow eggs, and others who occasionally make them. I like to imagine the hen sneezing right at the moment she is laying the egg and it squeezes out extra fast and thin.

But really, the shape is determined earlier up on her assembly line, it's already hard by the time she lays it. Sneezing wouldn't affect its shape, but it's a funny thought anyway.

 

[Happy Chooks]

I too get the occasional pullet bullet.

 

[Wynette]

I've always called them torpedo eggs, too; I like pullet bullet! That's perfect!

I've had a few chooks lay them, all EEs.

(Kelly, stop stalking me)

 

[Happy Chooks]

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No way!

Stick 'em up! Hand over the eggs and nobody will get hurt.

 

[Wynette]

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No way!

Stick 'em up! Hand over the eggs and nobody will get hurt.

(Umm.............sorry for the hijack!)