excess calcium on shells (**pics**)

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Dec 14, 2009
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My EE started laying eggs with bumpy clusters on it. Most of the time they just wash off. The ones at the tip of the egg are usually permanent. The shells aren't the problem though, I cracked open one of the eggs and found some of these clusters in the whites. They are just little spheres of shell. Is this normal? I give free choice oyster shell, but this started before that and now I'm seeing a couple little bumps on one of my leghorn eggs. Is this a calcium problem?


These all wash off the shell.

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This one had the clusters in the egg whites.

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Well, I'm glad its happened somewhere else. Someone, somewhere must know something about it.
 
I've also been getting some EE eggs like that. I have two EE and get a green egg almost every day, but an egg like this only once or twice a week. Interesting.
 
My only contribution is this: I have one EE who does this (they just brush off). When she first started doing this (and she's been laying all winter, fwiw), the shells were fine. Now, she's the one we can barely get a decent egg out of because they are so soft, they mash either when they drop, or when we pick them up. She's the only one doing it, but it seemed she did this more and more until the soft eggs. It just seems that she for some reason has an issue with calcium distribution. If the egg shell is fine, I wouldn't necessarily worry about it. If I have another one doing this, I'll be paying attention to see what happens next......
 
I also have a bearded EE who lays these "pimple eggs". She is an olive-egger and she just started laying a couple weeks ago. Her eggs come every other day and they are on the small side. They vary in deepness of green and they often have dirty "specks" as well as the bumps. She makes a lot of noise when she lays them, almost like a rooster. I heard her 2 blocks away the other day! But she seems to be perfectly healthy.
 

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