Wrinkly Eggs From an Otherwise Healthy Hen

[exactlyzac]

Hey all,

My Calla is a big, beautiful 1 year old black sex link who has been laying wrinkly eggs for several months now. I've read that Infectious Bronchitis (IB) could be a cause, and I have a couple other girls in my flock of 6 who have done some sneezing lately, but no other symptoms that would point to IB. I do have one hen who has been battling waterbelly for about 6 months, but that's from a problem with her heart and lungs so I don't see how it would be related.

The girls get 17% layer feed and table scraps. I live in the city, so they don't get too many fresh greens, though I try to trade eggs for grass clippings about once a week.

Again, she seems very strong and healthy, but I'm curious if anyone else has seen eggs like this precede more serious problems.

Thanks!

- Z

 

[FarmInProgress]

It kinda looks like she pushed it out half way when she was laying and than laid the other half (sorry if it doesn’t make sense)

 

[aart]

Really hard to say exactly what is causing this..
Could be stress, why is she wearing blinders?
Could be just a shell gland glitch, could be mild case of respiratory infection or whatever is causing the ascites(can be disease, not just a heart problem) in the other bird.

They should do fine on just the layer feed, might want to try that for a few weeks.
Are the grass clippings you are giving free of any lawn treatments?