What happened to this egg??? ** PICS ADDED **

[Crazy4Chicks]

I just went out to collect eggs - and saw this ( barely out of the corner of my eye ).

What in the world happened here? these are young birds just about 1 year and they have been laying since Dec - most of them - all are laying now -
I have never had an eye like this I have had wierd shapes and colors but nothing like this !! all my girls are acting fine

here is my squishy egg

here is where it was found - on top of a dog waterer - once in awhile a girl will sleep up here but no one has ever tried to lay an egg here

Julie

 

[CoyoteMagic]

It happens. Sometimes if one of your girls is just starting to lay you will get one like this. Got a few of these under the roosts when my girls were starting. They didn't even know they were laying in their sleep! Up their calcium/crushed cooked eggs shells if you start getting bunches of them

 

[meriruka]

I got one like that once, very creepy, aren't they?
I began mixing crushed oyster shell in with the feed and haven't seen one like that since. Although, I can't guarantee the oyster shell and no more squishy eggs are related......

 

[Matt A NC]

The egg was laid before a shell was formed. This will happen from time to time, but as long as it is not very often it is just one of those things.

Matt

 

[wynedot55]

dont panic that is just a soft shelled egg.its just a rubber egg.the hen will put a hardshell on her eggs.an everything will be ok.

 

[Crazy4Chicks]

all I could say when I picked it was EWWWWWW - man that feels nasty !! it could have very well been laid last night during someone was sleeping - I know one of my LB's likes to sleep up there more than the others.

I will mix some oyster shell in there feed and hopefully not get one of these blobs again ( and if i do I making DH pick it up EWWWWW )


thank you all for your advice and help


Julie

 

[SpottedCrow]

These things happen...I just put the egg in a airtight container and use it in a couple of days...Waste not want not.

 

[meriruka]

You're a brave woman, Spotted Crow.

 

[Crazy4Chicks]

I cant imagine eating it !! it feels so nasty to touch it - I cant wait for DH to come home and see it !! ( and I tell him if we get another HE is bringing it in the house )

I would not think they were safe to eat.


Julie

 

[HorseFeathers]

We've had like 4 of those (mostly on the droppings board- guess it felt like a poop!). They just come out before the shell forms.

Happens a lot to very young or old girlies.
We just scramble ours up and feed it to the chickens for a special treat!