Orange Egg

[Guest]

One of my Van Reet hens has just layed an egg which looks opaque and in orange in colour.

 

Never seen this before,

 

Can anyone shed any light

 

Thanks

[maverick]

HAS THE SHELL FORMED

[Guest]

Yes, the shell is perfectly formed, but looks opaque,

 

Steve has the camera but he's away for the day or I would have put a photograph on

 

[schouwman71]

Ive had on really yellow colouring,i think it was down to putting aqeus iodine in there water night before.

[jimmy white]

will be interesting to see what the second egg is like

[dandydoo]

Lind its an Omen ...your future is bright its orange

[Guest]

One of my Van Reet hens has just layed an egg which looks opaque and in orange in colour.

 

Never seen this before,

 

Can anyone shed any light

 

Thanks

 

its old age your going blind lol 8) 8) 8) ;D ;D ;D

[Guest]

ha ha ha, I got a good pair of glasses, Steve got me them when I tried to bell two crown in

 

So there lol

[Guest]

Well I didn't look close enough, the hen passed a fully shaped membrane with no shell, that's why it looked orange to me.

 

The hen died this afternoon, the shell must have detached inside her.

 

Neither us or our club mates have ever seen anything like this before.

 

[jimmy white]

beleive it or not i had that linda ist egg laid without shell pefectly formed, never laid second egg, bird looked down then, took it to the vet, they had to put the bird down, and pm it, other egg was stuck inside her, vets reply was "something wrong with its egg laying machinary"  the bird was 4th in the race b4 that

[maverick]

I HAD THIS A FEW YEARS AGO WITH A STOCK HEN, I GAVE THE HEN A GOOD CLEAN OUT WITH SALTS AS SOON AS I SEEN THE EGG AND THE HEN WAS LAYING GOOD EGGS IN AROUND 4 WEEKS.THAT WAS WHY I ASKED IF THE SHELL HAD FORMED.

[Guest Paulo]

sorry about your hen. I've had a hen lay a couple of dodgy eggs this year all membrane with no shell at all. She seems in good health through and is getting plenty of vitamins and hormoform.