VERY deformed egg!

[Mystyk13]

For about two months now we have not gotten any good eggs form our 2 ISA Browns. I am not sure if they are molting...every once in a while they will lay a very soft shelled egg and we figured they needed more calcium. We are giving them egg shells and mixing other calcium into their food. We did introduce new chickens to them slowly about 4 months ago and they are all getting along, not sure if that might have something to do with it though. I am attaching a photo of an egg we got today-scared me at first because it looked like an organ or something! Any ideas what could be going on? Could they actually be molting? They have all their feathers. They are about 2 years old now. Hopefully I get these pics in here right!

 

[shelleyd2008]

Wow!! I've never seen that. I hope someone will come along that has some experience, maybe you should post in the 'Emergencies' forum?

 

[erin09]

I have no idea if that is in the range of "normal".

Was hoping to hear what others had to say though!

 

[aussieheelr]

How old are they? Had they been laying long or are they new to laying? Personally if they had layed well and normal for a while and this is just starting I would Cull! That is just way to creepy to keep around, I'd be safe and cull.

 

[cmom]

Here are some web sites with pictures of deformed eggs.

http://www.countrychickens.com/country_chickens_4_008.htm

http://www.browneggblueegg.com/Article.html

 

[Imp]

Mystyk13,

Here's a link about different eggs. I don't see anything quite like that. Maybe they are just young and will work it out.

Imp


http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/1/egg-quality-handbook/18/misshapen-eggs

 

[Happy Chooks]

There was someone else here that posted one that looked very similar. I don't remember who though.

 

[happytxchick]

Whoa! Way weird! I would have been shocked as well. I hope a veteran chicken-raiser will peep in and give explanation.

 

[canada-goose]

Are you sure that's an egg?!

 

[LarryPQ]

aliens.