What is this?! 👀😳😱🤯 Please help!

[urlocalcrazychickenlady]

I found this extremely deformed egg in my nesting box. It has a really thick shell. Don’t see any yolk, just whites leaking out. Causes? Should I be concerned? Is there a term for this? Also, the yellow on it is pine shavings. Thanks!

 

[Pigeony]

That looks like a lash egg.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/what-is-a-lash-egg-all-you-need-to-know-more.77939/

 

[urlocalcrazychickenlady]

That looks like a lash egg.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/what-is-a-lash-egg-all-you-need-to-know-more.77939/

Thanks so much idk which chicken laid it…

 

[Pigeony]

Thanks so much idk which chicken laid it…

Keep an eye on all your ladies carefully, and try to see if anyone is looking sickly in any way. Whichever hen laid it needs help, but they can survive it. Most hens who start producing lash eggs go on to stop laying if they survive unfortunately though. I have a lash egg survivor myself, she had issues at 1.5 years old, stopped laying consistently at 2, but is now 5 and still kicking. She lays about 5 eggs a year, some shell-less and the others are not well-shaped or formed. But she's alive and happy to be a chicken!

 

[urlocalcrazychickenlady]

Thanks so much idk which chicken laid it…

Wait… it says lash eggs don’t have hard shells, yet this one does.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Wait… it says lash eggs don’t have hard shells, yet this one does.

Is it thick/shelled all around, or partly shelled, and partly membrane-only?

 

[rosemarythyme]

Wait… it says lash eggs don’t have hard shells, yet this one does.

Do you still have it? If you can, cut it open and photograph the cross section. Lash eggs can show up as masses inside of shelled eggs but no it should not be shelled as an egg would.

 

[urlocalcrazychickenlady]

Is it thick/shelled all around, or partly shelled, and partly membrane-only?

It is shelled all around.

 

[urlocalcrazychickenlady]

Do you still have it? If you can, cut it open and photograph the cross section. Lash eggs can show up as masses inside of shelled eggs but no it should not be shelled as an egg would.

I do not still have it

 

[rosemarythyme]

If you get another one, do cut it open and snap a photo. Sounds possible like it was just a weird random glitch but can't say for certain without seeing the interior, if there is anything inside.

Also keep an eye on the flock in case you see any birds showing signs of feeling unwell (lethargy, strange stance or movement, off on feed, behavioral changes).