"Wrinkled" yolks

[Chris623]

I broke open some eggs for breakfast today and the yolks were wrinkled, or sort of saggy. What causes that?

 

[Chris623]

Surely some of you with years of experience with chickens can help me with this one.

 

[nelgkel]

hmmm

interesting.... hope someone has an answer

BUMP

 

[wildorchid053]

i wonder if the shells are thin and the moisture is evaporating.. i get them now and again

 

[Chris623]

The shells aren't as hard as they were when they first started laying................but I've heard that is to be expected. However, the easiest way to break them is to strike them with the back edge of a table knife..................so I wouldn't call them "thin".

 

[danischi24]

These kind of things happen with chickens, who knows why? As long as it doesn't continue for more than a week or 2, it's just a glitch in their systems, it happens.

 

[Chris623]

That's what I sort of figured but........................it was 5 out of 5 eggs!

 

[NYREDS]

It sounds like eggs that weren't very fresh. As eggs age they lose moisture & the proteins start to break down.
A fresh egg is high & firm, an older egg will flatten out & spread across the pan. A very old egg will have a wrinkled yolk.

 

[feathersnuggles]

I don't really know why, but have noticed any wrinkled yolks are always from refrigerated eggs, and not eggs kept on our countertop. Perhaps yours are refrigerated, too?

 

[Chris623]

The eggs were less than 3 days old....................and yes, they were refrigerated.