Strange egg.

pitw · October 27, 2009, 11:36:08 AM

I have seen many soft shelled eggs in my time but never one like this.

Weird how it has the tail on it. Anyone got any ideas on what caused this :?:

Yotehntr · October 27, 2009, 01:45:02 PM

Looks like the umbilical cord...?

pitw · October 27, 2009, 01:53:35 PM

Quote from: Yotehntr on October 27, 2009, 01:45:02 PM
Looks like the umbilical cord...?

It does that

. Also looks like the chicken squeezed so hard that her inards are now outards and I just don't know.

Yotehntr · October 27, 2009, 04:13:56 PM

I know how she feels... oh yeah, that wasn't an egg! :roflmao: :roflmao:

alscalls · October 27, 2009, 07:28:21 PM

Looks like the lining from inside the egg is on the outside....

Weird.........

Not enough Calcium perhaps?

cathryn · October 27, 2009, 07:41:54 PM

when i read the title to this thread i expected to see a pick of Al. :roflmao:

ive gathered alot of soft shelled eggs when i was growing up( my grandma usually kept 70 or so hens and sold eggs)

looks to me like its the beginning stages of another egg. the eggs form sort of in clusters inside the hen.
she has several eggs inside her at different levels of development at all times when shes laying.
just my .02 and it might not be worth a plug nickel but thats what i figure

if they become the norm ,feeding some oyster shell to the hens should help strenghthen thei shells of the hens eggs..

alscalls · October 27, 2009, 07:50:40 PM

Yup ground up oyster or clam shells mixed in with the feed will help......

But I have see about every stage of an eggs development and non quite like this......they go from a small yellow yolk to a soft egg to a normal egg .....not a deflated one......

Beats me but I bet the calcium (shells) does work.

pitw · October 27, 2009, 07:58:47 PM

Thanks Cathryn etal, I was thinking along those lines myself but like Al said they are in all different sizes[find lots of that while butchering. We give them all the oyster shells they need and we rarely get a soft shell and never one with a tail until now.

cathryn · October 27, 2009, 08:06:17 PM

sorry if i came off condescending, i didnt mean too, this time, thats reserved for Al, lol.

you gonna eat the egg?

alscalls · October 27, 2009, 08:08:26 PM

No you did not come off that way........WTH.......That aint normal......

cathryn · October 27, 2009, 08:12:39 PM

im trying to practice sensitivety this week...its strange,it has a weird feel to it,(kinda like sand in your drawers after a day at the beach) :roflmao:(dont ask me how i know

, i dont think im gonna be able to make it the whole week.

Bills Custom Calls · October 27, 2009, 08:47:10 PM

Cathryn you need to sit and talk with Bop for a couple Hours he has been through those sensitivety classes and he knows all there is to know about this kinda thing :roflmao: :roflmao:

FinsnFur · October 27, 2009, 08:50:21 PM

I think it's an E.T. egg.

or.....Mork and Mindy

alscalls · October 27, 2009, 10:11:50 PM

Quote from: cathryn on October 27, 2009, 08:12:39 PM
im trying to practice sensitivety this week...its strange,it has a weird feel to it,(kinda like sand in your drawers after a day at the beach) :roflmao:(dont ask me how i know , i dont think im gonna be able to make it the whole week.

AWWWWW go lay an egg! :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: