Comments on: Oddball Eggs in the Coop

By: Frances Coupland

Frances Coupland — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 15:21:11 +0000

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By: richard

richard — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:37:59 +0000

yea i just got my first wrinkled egg today… it was shelless. it was really wierd and felt leathery. I have aracaunas and i have gotten 3 double yolkers so far.. Its always a good surprise!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:27:59 +0000

Hi Claire,
Our chickens have laid most of the types of eggs that you describe, though maybe not quite as wrinkled as the ones you show. The best and most interesting (and grossest) eggs that we have gotten have no shells at all. There is just a membrane holding the white and yolk. They are the right shape, but are completely soft and translucent. It is a real shock to reach into a nesting box and get one of these. We immediately give them oyster shells when it happens!
I’ll try to send you a picture if we ever get one again.
Jennifer

By: KT

KT — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:53:15 +0000

Hi Claire,
Alex, John and I wish we could come over for breakfast! Please let us know when your lovely chickens lay a green egg!!
KT

By: Kathi D

Kathi D — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:59:40 +0000

I miss our double-yolk eggs. The hens are most likely to lay double-yolk eggs in their first year of laying, because their cycles haven’t sorted out yet. We had quite a few last year, but none since the hens have been in their second year of laying.

By: Claire

Claire — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:23:46 +0000

You’re very welcome! I’ll do this whenever you want! I love you!xoxo, *Claire*

By: Claire

Claire — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:21:55 +0000

Wow! Nice story. I like the phrase “they stink to high heaven!”
Well, I can tell you that wrinkled eggs are honestly weird looking!
P.S. I like your blog!

By: Claire

Claire — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:16:15 +0000

Hmmm… well, actually it couldn’t have been Marigold or Buttercup because they aren’t laying yet. My guess is that both of the laying chickens make an equal amount of wacky eggs. But you can never be too sure…

By: David

David — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:37:37 +0000

Is one of your chickens more likely to lay one of the special eggs, or do they all contribute to this glorious diversity equally? (My bet would be on Marigold, but that’s just because she reminds me of someone in my extended family.)

By: Clare

Clare — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:17:08 +0000

Hey Claire! Nice writing — I asked your dad how old you were, and if you got some editing help, and he said, 10, and nope! I hope my daughter writes her own blog posts when she’s 10!!