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    A Yolky Mystery...

    Just went down to check on our ladies, and they were all fine, just a bit peeved with the weather... However, on checking the nesting boxes, found 2 more eggs, giving us our regular 5 (from 5 hens). However, the mystery is that there was also a yolky mess on the bottom on the nesting box, but no sign of shell, and no broken eggs at all today.

    Any ideas?
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    I think someone laid a softy egg and ate the rest of the egg! We've had one or two of these when we first got girlees. Even saw a weird white sac thing in run - the egg membrane/softy shell I guess.

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    • #3
      That was my first thought, but we've only got 5 chooks, and I collected three eggs this morning, and two more this afternoon, when I found the yolky bit. Could it be something that cam out with one of the eggs - ie would have been a double yolker?

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        I wondered the same thing - was it a yolk that didn't get incorporated? We may never know!
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        • #5
          Originally posted by icornish View Post
          That was my first thought, but we've only got 5 chooks, and I collected three eggs this morning, and two more this afternoon
          Doesn't happen often,but a chook can occasionally lay more than one egg in a day...it's only happened the once for us,but we got 13 out of 12 once!
          I don't know a lot,but could it have been possible that one of your girls had a soft shelled one that she couldn't manage to squeeze out,but then when the next proper shelled one was ready it pushed the soft shelled one out???
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          • #6
            Originally posted by andi&di View Post
            Doesn't happen often,but a chook can occasionally lay more than one egg in a day...it's only happened the once for us,but we got 13 out of 12 once!
            I don't know a lot,but could it have been possible that one of your girls had a soft shelled one that she couldn't manage to squeeze out,but then when the next proper shelled one was ready it pushed the soft shelled one out???
            I wondered about that possibility. Didn't like to say, not having chooks at present.....
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