Very wrinkled...WHY!???

[justusnak]

I have one Barred Rock hen that a few weeks ago, started haveing a few wrinkles in her eggs. Today...I got this!

Whats going on!? She is not sick...they have oyster shell, and sometimes egg shells...good Purina Layena feed...plenty water, and a clean house and dry run. Im stumped!

 

[Dawn419]

I just checked my Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens and:

"it's possible that her ovary released two yolks within a few hours of each other, causing them to move through the oviduct close together. The second egg will have a thin, wrinkled shell that's flat toward the pointed end. If it bumps against the furst egg, the shell may crack and mend back together before the egg is laid, causing a wrinkle."

Hope this is some help!


Dawn

 

[melissastraka]

wow, thats really strange....

 

[justusnak]

Hmmm, Dawn....I dunno. She has had wrinkles in her eggs for the last week or so, and its getting worse every egg! Now, they are beginning molt...maybe thats it? She is under a year old...so I dont think its her age. Just wierd..and gross feeling! LOL

 

[Dawn419]

I'm not sure either, Deb. So much for "going by the book", huh.

But after you listing her age, a few of our younger girls had somewhat wrinkled eggs at around the same age. Haven't seen any like them since they've gotten older (will be 2 in mid-May).

Is that shell soft, like the picture makes it look?


Dawn

 

[justusnak]

Dawn, yes, the shell is thin. Maybe thats all it is, molting, spring, a combination of things!?? Im just scared she might be sick,,somehow. Guess I just have to keep an eye on her...for now.

 

[lavandula girl]

Our RSL laid a somewhat wrinkled looking double yolker last week. She's also young, and still not completely regular in her laying. Every once in awhile she also will produce a somewhat misshapen egg. I think it's a young chicken thing, probably. Are all her wrinkly eggs also pretty big? And do you think she's achieved her full grown size? I think maybe pullets might wrinkle their big eggs on occasion, just due to the geometry of running that big egg through their smaller oviduct.

 

[daisychick]

I have one hen that gives me the wrinkle ones every once in a while....I have always wondered why?