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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Offgridgreg on February 07, 2016, 03:45:51 pm

Title: What was that?
Post by: Offgridgreg on February 07, 2016, 03:45:51 pm

Hi all..
Wondered if any one could tell me about my find, I did soft boiled eggs this morning and when I broke the
Yolk on toast there was a peanut size ball thing in the yolk :yuck: red coloured which I just had to squeeze the red skin came off which left a white  hollow rubbery ball.. Any ideas please?

Title: Re: What was that?
Post by: Eve on February 07, 2016, 04:18:55 pm

It was probably a lash, they often happen separately too as beige rubbery bits. Let's see if I can attach a picture of how they form...

Title: Re: What was that?
Post by: Offgridgreg on February 07, 2016, 04:30:27 pm

Good skills eve,it was out of curiosity more than anything not come across one before
And don't want to again!!!

Title: Re: What was that?
Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on February 07, 2016, 04:34:13 pm

what is a lash egg exactly?

Title: Re: What was that?
Post by: Offgridgreg on February 07, 2016, 04:36:53 pm

Something you'd rather not find in egg on toast :roflanim:

Title: Re: What was that?
Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on February 07, 2016, 04:48:48 pm

Is it a worm or a dead chick?

Title: Re: What was that?
Post by: Eve on February 07, 2016, 05:48:04 pm

I always thought it was just bits from inside but only when I found this picture I understood it's solidified pus. I first saw it from an ex-battery hen, then one of my normal ones did it - they just pooh it out, and then the others all race to eat it!  :yuck:

Title: Re: What was that?
Post by: Offgridgreg on February 07, 2016, 05:55:41 pm

This was inside a normal looking egg it's was soft boiledit was only when I chopped it on toast
I saw it!!

Title: Re: What was that?
Post by: Fleecewife on February 07, 2016, 09:51:47 pm

 :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck:

I was brought up in Norfolk and there a 'lash egg' was one without a shell, just its rubbery covering.

Fortunately I've never seen a pus ball in an egg.  That is quite horrible - but then when you think of eating something which came out of an bird's cloaca, you might expect something vile  :innocent:  I'm a bit funny about eggs anyway - some days I couldn't eat one even if there was nothing else, other days I love them.  :chook: :chook:

Title: Re: What was that?
Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on February 08, 2016, 02:27:24 pm

I have never had that in any of my hens ever. Doesn't it make you shudder when you think of it though. I remember after my first hatching disaster i couldn't eat and egg or even look at one for weeks afterwards :yuck: But now I love eating them, this however may have put me off them for a bit though :innocent: What is it caused by? Is it due to lack of something in the diet?