These eggs appear to have ridges or wrinkled surfaces. Overcrowding, which results in stressed hens, can cause this abnormality. It also can be seen when a hen’s shell gland is defective or if the flock has infectious bronchitis. Wrinkles can result in weakened shells. Based on USDA standards for exterior eggshell quality, a wrinkled egg is downgraded to Grade B.
12 Comments
wjrii@lemmy.world · 56 pts · 194d
https://fieldreport.caes.uga.edu/publications/C1255/a-dozen-egg-abnormalities-how-they-affect-egg-quality/
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 32 pts · 194d
Poor hen
altphoto@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 194d
Cough cough! You sir are grade B! You've got bronchitis! Now what fo you have to say for your self! And don't give me a wrinkling egg about it!
DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth · 16 pts · 194d
That just means there's a tiny face-hugger inside!
Codpiece@feddit.uk · 11 pts · 194d
Nah, that’s a bath bomb.
flandish@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 194d
that bird was like “come on egg, cloac-in me crazy.”
AshMan85@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 194d
Xenomorph
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 194d
Birds lay eggs
ceiphas@piefed.social · 3 pts · 194d
my first guess was a plaster egg. you use them to keep the hen brooding, even if you took her eggs, but if that thing came out of a hen, sorry, babe
gustofwind@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 194d
Looks like a problem with the shell
riskable@programming.dev · 2 pts · 194d
Careful! Ghost in the shell!
lime@feddit.nu · 2 pts · 194d
hnnnnnnnnnnnnng