Re: blotchy shells

Amy Blankenship wrote:
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Amy Blankenship wrote:
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I've got some purchased eggs in my incubator which don't look good at all when candled. Several of them have blotchy and wrinkly shells. Here is a pic:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24804480@N04/2342612563/

Are those markings of any significance??
That looks like a weak spot in the egg, which ahs probably let all sorts of contamination in. I wouldn't expect this egg to hatch, and would never have selected it for incubation myself.

Oh I see! I wondered if it indicated some sort of disease of the hen. Looking more closely I see that 5 of the 6 eggs have these marks and there is even a partial crack line running away from one area - so I suspect you are right. These are actually replacements for the first (expensive) batch which didn't hatch either. Thanks for providing an explanation.

I get eggs like these a lot between molting in the fall and when production picks up in the spring. I think it may have to do with what forage is available to supplement their layer pellets or possibly may relate to the length of days. Depending on the seasons in your area, it may just be too early for the person's hens to be laying decent quality eggs.

Where are you and what kind of eggs are these? Maybe someone on the group can find you some better quality eggs.


I'm in Scotland and the (6) eggs are Barred Rock - for which I was stupid enough to pay the grand total of £33.23 on Ebay. The seller made them sound really special and I always think it is worth paying over the odds for good breeding stock. There was a 0% hatch rate from those eggs.

I did have five other batches of eggs in the incubator - four of them also bought on Ebay. Hatching from them was as follows:
Home eggs 50%, Ebay Light Sussex 83.3%, Ebay Rhode Island 66.6%, Ebay Silkies 50%, Ebay Runner Ducks 42.8%

Seller at first blamed me but when I pointed out that other batches had been OK he replaced the eggs (for £6 postage plus return of originals) and those are the eggs in the photo.

Seller has no mention of successful hatching from Barred Rocks this year in his feedback, so I emailed someone else who bought at the same time; it turns out he had got the same result - zero and he also had other eggs which hatched fine, in with them.
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