Weird egg...veiny?!

[Michelley1001]

Hi all! I just went to collect eggs and I got this kind of strange one today. Have never seen anything like this before. The egg is kind of cream colored which is weird in itself since we have brown, white & green egg layers. Our silkie hen lays cream colored eggs but they are about half this size. Anyway, the main weird thing is the strange veiny looking stuff in it. Anyone know what this is or what it means?

 

[FeatherTay]

It looks like a crack....

 

[FeatherTay]

But at the same time not....? I don't know..

 

[Michelley1001]

But at the same time not....? I don't know..

Ya, it kinda does but it’s not cracked. Like it’s solid but there are little bubbles almost along that main line.

 

[Henriettta]

If I were to guess, I'd say that the egg perhaps was weak or damaged in that spot during development, and was sort of glazed over?
Or it could just be an illusion caused by the bloom being thick in that spot.
Hard to tell, but pretty typical to get weird eggs from time to time

 

[Michelley1001]

If I were to guess, I'd say that the egg perhaps was weak or damaged in that spot during development, and was sort of glazed over?
Or it could just be an illusion caused by the bloom being thick in that spot.
Hard to tell, but pretty typical to get weird eggs from time to time

Ok that makes sense! Thanks!

 

[aart]

If I were to guess, I'd say that the egg perhaps was weak or damaged in that spot during development, and was sort of glazed over?

Yes.
Egg was cracked during shelling, then 'repaired' with more shelling.
When you break this egg for eating, see if the shell is thin in places.
Hopefully it's a one off glitch and doesn't continue.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Check #4 in this link.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/common-egg-quality-problems.65923/

 

[Michelley1001]

Check #4 in this link.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/common-egg-quality-problems.65923/

Yes that’s it! Thank you for pointing me to that! I will have to save that article for future reference!