dame egna Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 (edited) Any ideas? The hen that lays these almost always has these little spots on it.... No other eggs are like it. They are hard, and if you run your nail along them they come off to show a normal shell underneath. Edited May 24, 2009 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 How wierd . My first thought was lice eggs but it can't be that, surely . It must just be calcium deposits, I suppose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dame egna Posted May 24, 2009 Author Share Posted May 24, 2009 No they're not lice eggs as they are hard, and green the same colour as the shell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkor Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 How wierd . My first thought was lice eggs but it can't be that, surely . It must just be calcium deposits, I suppose? I thought exactly the same thing ANH **Shouts for EGLUNTINE!!!!!!!!** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Oooo never seen that before eggs with hundreds & thousands on. I've had eggs with the odd calcium deposit on, but never anything like that. Each little bit on your egg is perfectly round & very much like the one next to it - look like spider eggs. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raina Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Oooh it looks a bit like earth lol Not sure what the stuff is though, it looks a little like mini chicken eggs on the shell (hope you know what i mean) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 That's a good camera. I bet if you took one with a run of the mill camera they'd tell you straight away what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Have you been worming them or given them any supplements? Limestone flour or similar? I'd guess they are just calcium deposits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 They look like calcium deposits to me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 wow, never seen anything like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saronne Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Oooh it looks a bit like earth lol Not sure what the stuff is though, it looks a little like mini chicken eggs on the shell (hope you know what i mean) Yes, I thought that, too. Ever see 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'? Perhaps your chook is trying to tell you something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 One of mine used to lay eggs like that, but only a small area, say 5p size. She stopped doing it one day and hasn't since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 One of mine does that occasionally too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
