What is A Lash Egg? All You Need To Know & More

This is the answer as to why my best layer Annie died. She had all of the signs of this infection. Now I know what it was and how to spot it.

Good information, but I don't think the prognosis is as abysmal as this article leads one to believe. I had a hen who laid a lash egg. I wish I had known earlier what her wrinkled eggshells meant, but regardless, after a course of antibiotic and anti-inflammatory meds, she was fine, and went on to lay beautiful (non-wrinkled) eggs. It did cause her to go into an off-schedule molt, I'm guessing just the stress of the treatment itself, but she's completely back to normal now. In retrospect, a few months prior to the wrinkled eggs, she seemed to have a "cold", I even heard her wheezing. I treated that, but never knew at the time that it could cause secondary problems like salpingitis. Now I know what to look out for.

I've heard of lash eggs but never seen one myself. I found this very well-written, easy to understand, and thorough. I will share this article with anyone I see having questions about it.

Very informative article on lash egg with good descriptive pictures. It covered the different types of lash egg, included a list of predisposing factors, and how to prevent it.

On the section of How to Treat Salpingitis, I recommend adding that a calcium supplement with D3 can help the hen some once it is discovered. Amoxicillin (Aqua-Mox), an antibiotic, can help prolong the hen's life as well. (Neither of these cure the lash egg but will simply prolong the hen's life.)

Well written article about a complicated condition. I would like to mention that laying a lash egg does not always result in the death of a hen.

I had a two year old cross-breed lay a large lash egg in February, become dull with reduced activity for several weeks after and eventually self-isolated from the flock. Fortunately, she continued eating and drinking albeit conservatively, and was able to roost every evening.

Ninety days after laying the lash egg, she began to lay huge eggs; some double-yolked with very runny whites.

Now, in August, she lays less than before but her eggs are normal (for her) with healthy shells, whites and yolks. She appears “back to normal” in every way. I did nothing to treat her except for observation. I’m not sure if she was a lucky hen or if there would be more recovery cases like hers without culling.

Great article!

Thank you for this extremely well timed article.

Excellent information!! Thank you

Excellent info!

Finally explains a problem with a hen I culled earlier this year… only in her case the tissue had a strip still attached to her egg duct.

This is frightening. I never knew it could happen. Thankfully, none of ours have ever had this, and I hope they never do. It’s good to know how to recognize it. Thanks for the informative article!

Wow! I'm nearing 60, have owned chickens almost my entire life and never seen one of those! Glad you did this thorough article just in case I ever do see it.

Clarification of a few terms or sentences may be helpful to the reader, so they can have a better understanding.

This article states ""In salpingitis, bacteria or viruses gain entry into the birth canal and move up the reproductive tract. Blood can carry infections from the abdominal sac straight to the oviduct, where they can spread from tube to tube.""

Can you clarify what the "birth canal" is? Where is this located in poultry anatomy?

"Abdominal Sac" or Abdominal AIR Sac? (Perhaps it should read "Infections Can Descend from the Greater Abdominal Air Sac to the Oviduct, by the blood in systemic disease, and spread from other adjacent tissues"?)

""Chickens can pass or regurgitate lashed egg masses of varying sizes by reverse peristalsis, from small ones in the oviduct to large eggs.""

Perhaps this should read "Smaller Masses within the oviduct up to the size of an egg can be passed by birds or be REGURGITATED into the ABDOMINAL CAVITY by reverse peristalsis".
This would Clarify, "where" the regurgitation goes, not everyone knows what Reverse Peristalsis is, so a reader may assume a hen can "vomit" up a lash egg or material out of their beak.

Overall, article is informative and covers the subject well, however, links/references need to be included/added if relevant. This article very much reads like blog posts (with some words changed/added) that I have read, used and referenced for many years.

Thank you for your time.

https://the-chicken-chick.com/causes-of-lash-eggs-salpingitis-by/
https://the-chicken-chick.com/salpi...ash eggs result from an,waxy, cheese-like pus.

Great article on lash egg! Will reference in the future if this is ever a problem for my flock.