Weird eggs

Lavendar4

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May 24, 2020
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We think we got 2 eggs from one chicken today, both weird! The first was a white ringed egg and the second was a larger slab sided egg, it was thin shelled and lighter in color than usual. I looked for causation on the article posted on this site, but we haven’t seen her sneezing and are not aware of any unusual stressors. She’s never laid an odd egg before, they are usually hard shelled and large. This hen is perpetually high strung and makes me tired just watching her, lol. Anyone else have a high strung sex-link hen? She is the only hen who ever has behavior issues amongst our 4 hens! Thanks.
 

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Are you sure she layed 2 eggs in one day? It is very rare.:confused:
Have you ever gotten any eggs like this before?
Did you put supplemental light in the coop for the winter?
How old are they?
Watch your flock for stress.
Read this Article:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/common-egg-quality-problems.65923/
Based on this, They could have bronchitis, be stressed, or if there were changes in lighting have layed those eggs.

Keep in mind, I am not an expert so this could be wrong.:hmm
 
Never any like this before. No supplemental light. They don’t look or sound sick. They seemed relaxed today, except for her but she is always high strung, even as a chick. They were 29 weeks yesterday and 3 are laying (buckeye seems to have zero interest in laying). Maybe something tried to get into the coop at night and stressed them is the only thing I can think of 🤷🏻‍♀️ It’s secure with hardware cloth and keyed locks so I’m not worried, but maybe the sound stressed her?
 
Rare but it happens, more likely with high production breeds.
Hopefully it's just a one off glitch.
How old is she in weeks or months?
 
Rare but it happens, more likely with high production breeds.
Hopefully it's just a one off glitch.
How old is she in weeks or months?

29 weeks old. I did not want a production breed but the lot at the feed store was a brown egg mix and we thought this one was a different breed. We have her plus a cuckoo marans, a buckeye, and an Australorp. The golden buff is the only one with issues,like she gets fixated on something and does it repeatedly all day, like jumping in and out of egg box, or walking betwixt 3 points in the run over and over. None of the others do this; they will be sitting happily on the ground looking at her like she’s nuts. I feel for her. I hope the weird eggs aren’t a bad omen. Inexplicably, she’s my husband’s favorite chicken. 🤷🏻‍♀️
 

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