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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: mwncigirl on February 26, 2013, 10:37:32 am

Title: Strange marking on egg
Post by: mwncigirl on February 26, 2013, 10:37:32 am

One of our chooks has laid an egg with a very strange cross marking on. It looks like its been done with  machine, but all our chooks are free range and I just can't work out how its happened. Any ideas??

Title: Re: Strange marking on egg
Post by: Fleecewife on February 26, 2013, 11:15:21 am

Presumably it landed on something with that mark on when it was first laid.  Anything which touches the wet shell then dries will leave its mark.  Caged birds sometimes leave mesh shapes on the shells if the eggs land touching the mesh.   What do you line your nesting boxes with?

Title: Re: Strange marking on egg
Post by: nic99 on February 26, 2013, 11:25:48 am

Did it sit on the head of a screw perhaps?

Title: Re: Strange marking on egg
Post by: mwncigirl on February 26, 2013, 05:26:25 pm

The collected it from the nestbox, full of fresh sawdust. It wasn't sitting on anything obvious to make the mark. Bit large for the head of a screw.

Title: Re: Strange marking on egg
Post by: suziequeue on February 26, 2013, 07:14:54 pm

Send a picture of it to the Sunday Sport.


Hard boil the egg and cut it in half. I'll bet you any money that the yolk I'll look like Marylin Munroe, Elvis Presley or Jesus. Take photo and send to Sunday Sport.


:-)))

Title: Re: Strange marking on egg
Post by: funkyfish on February 26, 2013, 07:45:53 pm

 ;D

Title: Re: Strange marking on egg
Post by: zarzar on February 26, 2013, 08:04:03 pm

 ;D

Title: Re: Strange marking on egg
Post by: ZaktheLad on February 26, 2013, 08:06:47 pm

Looks like something out of the Eggsfactor to me ...

Title: Re: Strange marking on egg
Post by: Susannah on February 27, 2013, 09:52:25 am

I think I would try hatching it!

Title: Re: Strange marking on egg
Post by: goosepimple on February 27, 2013, 12:08:47 pm

Actually the top whiteish marks look like eyes and a nose and the cross things a mouth, is there someone in there shouting for help?  Is it like the Turin shroud?  Easter coming up etc...?

Title: Re: Strange marking on egg
Post by: scruffbag on March 03, 2013, 07:35:17 pm

what the holy egg!

Title: Re: Strange marking on egg
Post by: mwncigirl on March 03, 2013, 07:44:50 pm

Thanks for your help everyone!  :excited:

Title: Re: Strange marking on egg
Post by: goosepimple on March 04, 2013, 10:28:52 am

Hang on a minute!  You can't leave it there!  What happened when you opened it?

Title: Re: Strange marking on egg
Post by: mwncigirl on March 04, 2013, 05:43:39 pm

Unfortunately it got accidentally sold at the gate, so we will never know!!  ;D

Title: Re: Strange marking on egg
Post by: Ina on March 04, 2013, 05:56:35 pm

Quote from: mwncigirl on March 04, 2013, 05:43:39 pm

Unfortunately it got accidentally sold at the gate, so we will never know!!  ;D

Damn - it would have made the perfect Easter egg - ready decorated! Could have made a fortune with that!  ;)