Umm is this normal?

[Limey68]

I have a young Lakenvelder pullet who is about 20-24 weeks old and who I currently have isolated from the flock due to a sprained leg.
Anyway, this morning I wake up to find she'd laid this weird egg. I can't figure out if it's one egg or two and is this normal? Today she is acting agitated like she forgot she laid an egg and keeps wanting to make a nest.

 

[Emmaloveschickens9156]

Not sure… maybe she’s broody for wanting to make a nest, and the egg may have just been a result of a reproductive system glitch. I wouldn’t be too concerned about the egg unless you keep getting weird eggs repeatedly.

 

[Limey68]

Thanks! Yeah that's kind of what I'm thinking seeing as it's her first egg. What concerns me is that she's such a tiny little thing compared to my other girls who have also just started laying. Hopefully, it will sort itself out.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Going to tag some folks who might be interested in this.

@azygous
@Wyorp Rock
@Eggcessive
@coach723

We should add this to thd thread//article about unusual eggs, have never seen anything like this before.

 

[aart]

I have a young Lakenvelder pullet who is about 20-24 weeks old and who I currently have isolated from the flock due to a sprained leg.
Anyway, this morning I wake up to find she'd laid this weird egg. I can't figure out if it's one egg or two and is this normal? Today she is acting agitated like she forgot she laid an egg and keeps wanting to make a nest.
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Never seen one like that....hard to imagine it was easy to get out.
Have you tried to cut into to a bit to see what's inside each part?
Is there any shell at all or is it just membrane on the outside.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Even considering that is her first egg, that is really weird. It isn't unusual for pullets to lay weird eggs when they first start. Egg laying is a pretty complicated process, a lot of things have to go right to get a perfect egg. To me, the surprise is that so many pullets get it right the first time.

My guess is that you will see a yolk in each half. They are supposed to release one yolk a day to make an egg but sometimes even grown hens glitch and accidentally release two. If they are released at the same time you can get a double yolked egg. If they are released at different times you can get two eggs in one day. Since they typically make a limited amount of shell material in one day the second egg or even the double yolked one might be thin shelled.

I think you got a little bit of both. I think those yolks were far enough apart in time that they started to form two separate eggs but were still close enough in time to overlap. Then they fell apart when she laid it. I've never seen anything quite like that.

Most pullets that lay weird eggs correct those glitches pretty soon, usually just a few eggs. I would not worry unless she keeps at it for more than two weeks. Just consider it that she is getting bugs out of her internal egg making factory start-up procedure.

But yeah, you deserve a prize for one of the weirdest I've seen.

 

[Limey68]

Never seen one like that....hard to imagine it was easy to get out.
Have you tried to cut into to a bit to see what's inside each part?
Is there any shell at all or is it just membrane on the outside.

I cut into it, and omg yolk comes out of each side. It's covered by an extremely thin eggshell as well. It really does look like two separate eggs.

 

[Limey68]

 

[Limey68]

Even considering that is her first egg, that is really weird. It isn't unusual for pullets to lay weird eggs when they first start. Egg laying is a pretty complicated process, a lot of things have to go right to get a perfect egg. To me, the surprise is that so many pullets get it right the first time.

My guess is that you will see a yolk in each half. They are supposed to release one yolk a day to make an egg but sometimes even grown hens glitch and accidentally release two. If they are released at the same time you can get a double yolked egg. If they are released at different times you can get two eggs in one day. Since they typically make a limited amount of shell material in one day the second egg or even the double yolked one might be thin shelled.

I think you got a little bit of both. I think those yolks were far enough apart in time that they started to form two separate eggs but were still close enough in time to overlap. Then they fell apart when she laid it. I've never seen anything quite like that.

Most pullets that lay weird eggs correct those glitches pretty soon, usually just a few eggs. I would not worry unless she keeps at it for more than two weeks. Just consider it that she is getting bugs out of her internal egg making factory start-up procedure.

But yeah, you deserve a prize for one of the weirdest I've seen.

Thanks! I knew she was special lol. When I bought her she was supposed to be an Ancona not a Lakenvelder. Fingers crossed it all sorts itself out.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Thanks for sharing this, @Limey68. Very interesting! Keep us posted if she gets squared away or lays anything else unusual.