Why is this egg weird?

[VeggieGoneEggie]

One of my hens (not sure which one) lays an egg that - unlike the other smooth, shiny ones - is frequently matte, coarse to the touch, a light pinkish brown. Sometimes, it looks like there are little white scratches in it.

But this morning, I found one like it, but it looked extra weird and was covered in little purple dots/splotches.

Anyone know what’s going on? Is this anything to be concerned about?

Again, don’t know which hen of mine lays this - but for what it’s worth, I have a barred rock, delaware, black sex link, speckled sussex, and two easter eggers.

 

[Smuvers Farm]

I have tetra browns that lay like that. Nothing wrong with the eggs at all.

 

[azygous]

No, nothing to be concerned about. That's a completely normal egg.

Whether or not an egg is produced with a shiny coating, called a "bloom", depends on the individual layer. As a rule, though, the younger the layer, the more chance there is that you'll get a shiny finish.

As for the "decorations" and color, that's also an individual signature. The color is laid down after the egg gets its shell of calcium in the shell glad, usually created as a layer of pigment laid down over either a white egg or a blue egg. The speckles are merely a variation in the pigment.

 

[aart]

Bloom can be matte or shiny...have birds that lay at both extremes.

'Speckled' eggs can happen for several different reasons...very few of which are a 'problem'.
Can be caused by:
Excess or uneven pigment coating.
Excess or uneven cuticle(bloom).
Excess calcium deposits.
Porous eggs can appear speckled.
Some birds lay them consistently, some only once in awhile.
The pigment or bloom can change appearance when wet, then change back when dry again.

As long as bird is getting a good diet and is healthy in every other way, it is no cause for concern.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

The only reason that hens lay brown or mottled eggs is to protect the chick fetus within the egg from the deadly effects of UV radiation. Once the chicken was domesticated (remember that the scientific name for our chickens is Gallus Gallus Domesticus) and began laying in a nest box instead of in the open there was no longer any advantage to laying brown or blue eggs. Seeing that almost all the pigment on the exterior of the eggshell was laid down in the last 60 minutes before the egg was laid, I find it incredible that there is not more variations in shell color than there is. Also at this time of year most hens are running low on their stockpile of the pigment that is used to coat the exterior of the egg. This will often result in lighter colored, mottled or speckled eggshells.

However the egg pictured seems to have some yoke smeared on it and the size seems extraordinarily large. This can harm the reproductive organs of your hens. Maybe resulting in internal laying or egg parietinus.

 

[lilmarie84]

I have a red sex link and a barred rock my BR rock lays torpedo eggs that are speckled eggs and my sex link lays the roundish rough eggs to help with identifying who laid what I know every chicken is different but just to give you an idea I cant speak to the sussex delaware or the EE cuz this is my first flock

from top to bottom mix breed, barred rock, white rock, red sex linked , buff orpington and the lonely little white one is a leghorn