What is this???

[tparsons99]

I have been raising BCM’s for 20 years and never ever have I seen this!!!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

It's an egg with a tail. I'm not being funny, that's what it is.

It's a hard shelled egg with a membrane attached. Likely what you'll find in the liquid attached membrane is albumin (egg white) and possibly a meat or blood spot.

Interesting that the membrane has some twist in it. This shows the rotation/inversion of an egg in the shell gland before she laid it. An egg in the shell gland is pointy end first, but is rotated to blunt end right before it's expelled. Cool huh?

It's good that she expelled all of that intact. Is she acting normal?

I'd call it a glitch if all seems well. IF she's acting off, then I'd give extra calcium for a couple of days.

 

[tparsons99]

It's an egg with a tail. I'm not being funny, that's what it is.

It's a hard shelled egg with a membrane attached. Likely what you'll find in the liquid attached membrane is albumin (egg white) and possibly a meat or blood spot.

Interesting that the membrane has some twist in it. This shows the rotation/inversion of an egg in the shell gland before she laid it. An egg in the shell gland is pointy end first, but is rotated to blunt end right before it's expelled. Cool huh?

It's good that she expelled all of that intact. Is she acting normal?

I'd call it a glitch if all seems well. IF she's acting off, then I'd give extra calcium for a couple of days.

Thanks! The issue is I have no idea which mama laid it! I will try and keep an eye on them going forward….

 

[Prince and Pavo]

Hello! I just had this happen to me last week, only the egg was encased in just a membrane without the shell!! That was the first time this had happened to me either. Nothing was wrong with the hen, and she continued laying (regular eggs) like normal.