Jun 11, 2016 #1 Amp Songster 13 Years Joined May 20, 2011 Messages 78 Reaction score 31 Points 116 Location Alabama This is the 2nd egg like this in the past week. All of ours hens are between 2 and 6 years old. They free range and lay in multiple places so I'm not sure who laid this egg. I've never seen this before. Thanks.
This is the 2nd egg like this in the past week. All of ours hens are between 2 and 6 years old. They free range and lay in multiple places so I'm not sure who laid this egg. I've never seen this before. Thanks.
Jun 11, 2016 #2 Poultry parent Songster Joined Jun 1, 2016 Messages 1,778 Reaction score 216 Points 146 Location A small county in Virginia it almost looks like a partially developed chick, and yet not..
Jun 11, 2016 Thread starter #3 Amp Songster 13 Years Joined May 20, 2011 Messages 78 Reaction score 31 Points 116 Location Alabama It was laid in the last 2 days.
Jun 11, 2016 #4 Poultry parent Songster Joined Jun 1, 2016 Messages 1,778 Reaction score 216 Points 146 Location A small county in Virginia hmm, i don't know what could have caused the egg to look so odd, are any of your hens acting odd?
Jun 12, 2016 Thread starter #5 Amp Songster 13 Years Joined May 20, 2011 Messages 78 Reaction score 31 Points 116 Location Alabama No, not that I can tell. I got another egg just like that one today
Jun 12, 2016 #6 Teila Bambrook Bantams 6 Years Friend Greeter Joined Apr 15, 2013 Messages 16,612 Reaction score 26,191 Points 1,026 Location Forrest Beach, FNQ, Australia Howdy Amp Not having seen anything like that before, I did some digging and came up with possibly bacterial or fungal contamination of the egg: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/429741/one-of-my-hens-is-laying-rotten-eggs-help https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/369427/help-my-chicken-is-laying-smelly-eggs-with-black-yokes Last edited: Jun 12, 2016
Howdy Amp Not having seen anything like that before, I did some digging and came up with possibly bacterial or fungal contamination of the egg: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/429741/one-of-my-hens-is-laying-rotten-eggs-help https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/369427/help-my-chicken-is-laying-smelly-eggs-with-black-yokes