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Weird-shaped egg!!!!!

Discussion in 'Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying' started by skeeter9, Dec 23, 2007.

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  1. Dec 23, 2007 #1
    skeeter9

    skeeter9 Chillin' With My Peeps

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    Our SLW is finally finished with a very heavy molt and is starting to lay again. This is one of her first eggs since the molt - note that it is not symetrical at all!!

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  3. Dec 23, 2007 #2
    Fancy Feather Poultry

    Fancy Feather Poultry Cooped Up

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    I have received hatching eggs that looked like that before, nothing really strange about it.
     
  5. Dec 23, 2007 #3
    countyroad1330

    countyroad1330 Thunder Snow 2009!

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    Ha! That's kinda funny looking. Up close like that it could be mistaken for a UFO. [​IMG] If you aren't already, you could try giving your hen some of the oyster shell supplement. I hear that unusual shapes and colors sometimes means they need a little extra something in their diet.

    One of my neighbor's hens would randomly lay giant eggs. This past summer 4 out of 20 were huge! But they never hatched.
     

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