What is up with this weird egg?

[MeyerRay]

We found this weirdly shaped, textured egg this morning.
Yesterday we had really strong winds, could that affect the egg this way? Any insight would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Meyer

 

[Trish1974]

I do believe that is referred to as a "slab egg". Usually just a glitch in the system, sometimes a sign of a greater problem (reproductive or respiratory). Just keep an eye on everybody. My Golden Comet laid an egg like that last summer and it never happened again.

 

[aart]

Yesterday we had really strong winds, could that affect the egg this way?

Yes, stress can make for wonky shells.

 

[Krcismesia]

Could be many things... maybe lack of calcium or vitamin D

 

[MeyerRay]

Thanks for the feedback! I would be surprised if it was for some health related issue;she is happy, perky and active, she digs and eats and drinks and poops. We just hatched 3 of her eggs and she is laying normal eggs-1 a day which is great for the season.
I'll keep an eye out just to be safe!
Silly us, we thought thw wind might have had something to do with it

 

[MeyerRay]

Could be many things... maybe lack of calcium or vitamin D

We use chicken feed mixed with egg feed and then they get veggie cuttings/scraps, sometimes dried bread crumbs, and they have very large space to wander and dig. The sun is out here, do they get vitamin D from the sun like we do? If it were a vitamin deficiency wouldn't they all suffer from it? We have some chick feed which I'm sure has extra vitamins, should i try giving her some?

 

[aart]

We use chicken feed mixed with egg feed and then they get veggie cuttings/scraps, sometimes dried bread crumbs

What kind of feed exactly?
Protein and calcium percentages on the tag sewn into the bottom of bag is a good thing to know.
Keep the scraps to a minimum, 10% of feed volume daily.

 

[MeyerRay]

What kind of feed exactly?
Protein and calcium percentages on the tag sewn into the bottom of bag is a good thing to know.
Keep the scraps to a minimum, 10% of feed volume daily.

I have to look on the bag, we live in Italy so they call it "chicken feed" and "egg production feed" we mix the two bags in our feeders.
Scraps aren't much, they are essentially whatever part of veggies I cut away when preparing to cook. Whatever the chickies don't eat (the harder stuff like the center of the cauliflower or something) goes to the bunnies.
I'll check on the vitamins indicated on the bag.

 

[aart]

we live in Italy

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[PirateGirl]

On our super windy days and/or blizzard days, I rarely get eggs. Chickens get stressed when weather is bad and may not spend as much time out and about; odd eggs can happen when chickens are stressed, or no eggs at all. I would worry if eggs continue to look odd going forward and try and figure out which chicken laid it, but if this is a one time thing I'd probably assume it was a stress related glitch.