You really have to see this/these eggs! This one is crazy weird!!!

[redoak]

That egg/eggs is/are kinda creepy.

 

[77horses]

LOL looks like the result of the egg we tested in Science class(except there was only one egg, not two!

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We were doing an egg experiment and we first put the egg in vinegar, which makes it clear and the shell sorta "rubs off". Then we put the "naked" egg in salt water, which made it get larger, and easier to see into(we even saw the yolk floating around in it! LOL)

Then, we put it in olive oil, which made it thinner and clearer. It was awesome! Looked like your hen's first egg!

 

[chickenlickin8]

Looks like siamese jelly eggs! I have never seem something like that before!

 

[gumpsgirl]

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Me neither! It really was quite the shocker when my son brought it in the house. She did not lay today, BTW. Maybe she figured she did two days worth of work yesterday, so she could just skip today!

 

[MissPrissy]

I think this is something you are seeing due to their recent illness. The deformed eggs I think is a symptom or a result of the illness.

 

[gumpsgirl]

Well it's definitely deformed, MissP! Pretty strange how an illness that has been absent for 2 months can still affect the hens body. I guess since they weren't laying when they got sick, they thought they better still find a way to throw those strange eggs in. Maybe it's time to try and get a hold of Dr. Pierson again and see what he thinks of this. I hope it doesn't mean that my chickens are still contagious.

 

[SweetMissDaisy]

Ok... this is SO weird.... I came across this thread earlier this evening just after dinner while looking in the forums for wind eggs and yolk-less eggs. One of my hens laid a wind egg yesterday, and another laid a yolk-less egg, and I was looking to see what others had posted about abnormal eggs.

I don't recall ever seeing a double wind egg like the one on the OP of this thread. I sent the link to Alan (my other half), and said "WHOA! Can you IMAGINE!"

THEN! About 30 minutes ago, I went out to check on the hens before heading to bed, and LOOK WHAT I FOUND!!
This was 4'+ straight down, below one of my silver laced cochin girls, who's been roosting in the same spot since this earlier this evening. I imagine the 4'+ drop is what caused the one side to break.

How WEIRD that I would find this thread, see the photo, and then find something so SIMILAR in my own hen house merely HOURS apart!!

 

[UrbanChickenMama]

SweetMissDaisy,
I don't think I even understand what I'm looking at... is that all one egg or a normal egg with a stringy thing or two different eggs for comparison?

What is a wind egg or yolk-less egg or a fart egg?

My poor sussex has been having issues for about 10 days now. She laid a HUGE egg and now she's laying something that looks more like just the part that is in the palm of your hand.

 

[bluey]

All I can say is wow!!!

...and thanks for sharing gumpsgirl!!!

 

[SweetMissDaisy]

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Hi Urban Chicken Mama!!
A wind egg is an egg that's laid without a hard shell (outside of egg is squishy, feels like a water balloon). The shell you're seeing is really just the membrane that surrounds the white and yolk.

A yolk-less egg (some people call these a wind egg, or fart egg) is a very small egg laid by a hen that usually lays regular sized eggs. These eggs have a hard shell, like a "normal" egg would have. *Usually* they're yolk-less, but occasionally they do have a very small yolk. Sounds like what your sussex is laying. You might crack one open and see if it has a yolk.

The egg(s) I'm holding in my hand is a wind egg (soft-shell) that is attached to a second wind egg (just the soft membrane shell remains). I'm guessing that when the hen laid the two eggs, the drop from the perch broke the first one that hit the ground.

How old is your sussex? Is she new to laying?