What is this??

[Chickpb]

My chickens are free range, however have been in their coop/run all winter, with the snow now melting they've started to come out. This morning I came out to this on my driveway. What on earth is it??
There was another soft shelled egg close to it also. They have access to oyster shells all the time and it seems like they've been eating it. So not sure whats going on.

 

[nuthatched]

Looks like an egg follicle.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Looks like an egg follicle.

Okay. What is an egg follicle? What causes it? Why does it happen? What does it mean in terms of the hen's health?
@Eggcessive, can you shed any light on this?

 

[Chickpb]

Okay. What is an egg follicle? What causes it? Why does it happen? What does it mean in terms of the hen's health?
@Eggcessive, can you shed any light on this?

Thank you, these were my next questions, google hasn't been very helpful

 

[Altairsky]

It looks like something out of an 80s horror movie. I'd ask AI to animate it for maximum scary effect.

 

[Chickpb]

My chickens are free range, however have been in their coop/run all winter, with the snow now melting they've started to come out. This morning I came out to this on my driveway. What on earth is it??
There was another soft shelled egg close to it also. They have access to oyster shells all the time and it seems like they've been eating it. So not sure whats going on.

Update: I popped it open and there was a yolk in it