Single hen

[arowland17]

I've meaning to ask this for ages but am only just getting round to it.

Our 2 girls have been laying for about a month and a half now and we get an egg off each nearly everyday and can tell who lays which by Buttercup laying darker eggs.

However, Buttercup's eggs after about 4-5 days start looking like the stuff inside is making the shell damp?!?! very odd but don't know how else to describe it, it's like the inside is leaking or seeping into the shell - it doesn't feel damp, the inside membrane is in tact, and the shells are very hard (they have grit added to their feed) much harder than shop ones, need a good whack on the work surface to crack! It's always been the same with her eggs, and they taste fine, cook exactly the same as Nugget's 'normal' eggs, was just wondering if anyone else had this experience or knows what it is!!

[xChicken04x]

Hiya, I'm not quite sure what you mean......is the egg "wet" when it is collected straight after being layed? If so, that is totally normal, the wet stuff helps the egg come out Other wise I'm not really sure.....could it be condensation off the fridge?

There was a topic like this a while ago, I'll go and have a look.

 

xx

[xChicken04x]

Found it!!!

http://club.omlet.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11985&highlight=wet+egg

 

xx

[arowland17]

no it doesn't feel wet at all and looks totally normal and egg like for about 4 or 5 days but then the shell in little spots looks a bit darker, as if the egg inside is sort of seeping into the shell - it's very odd, we still eat the eggs and they're fine I just wondered if it was just my hen (only one of them has funny eggs like this!) and it seems it may be just her!!

[xChicken04x]

Hmmmmm, thats very odd! I have never heard of that!

I hope someone can help!

 

 

xx

[jellyb100]

I think one of mine did that too but I wasn't sure what it was. She seems to have stopped now so i think it was just uneven shells as she was new to laying possibly.

[arowland17]

it's really weird, especially as the shells are really hard and in inside membrane is fine

[Egluntyne]

How are you storing the eggs?

[arowland17]

I keep them in a little basket in the kitchen - maybe it's something to do with steam as it's a small kitchen but we always have the window open when cooking and it only happens to one hen's eggs!

maybe I'll transfer them to the dining room and see if a more constant temp helps

[Mel (& Paul)]

Might it just be the pigment? Eiofa lays "spotty" eggs and the spots seem to become more pronounced after a couple of days.

[nicki9]

One of our Gingernuts - Tikka- lays eggs that are exactly like that. They are slightly paler than Balti's and once laid they begin to develop a mottley appearance with greyish marks - the colour and size of dried raindrops -developing on the shell. They get more pronounced each day.

I just put it down to her own unique style of egg?!

 

They certainly taste just as good.

 

Nicki

[arowland17]

yes that's exactly what ours are like, and I think ours are similar if not the same as gingernuts! glad it's not just my hen!

[Snowy]

My 2 year old gingernut lays odd eggs. Her shells are getting thinner and quite wrinkly nowadays, but occasionally they also look like there is a damp patch on them. They are all OK inside though.