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1) PALE-SHELLED EGGS🥚

CAUSES:

•   1. Infectious bronchitis
•   2. Bird age (older hen)
•   3. High stress in the flock
•   4. Egg Drop Syndrome 76
•   5. Use of chemotherapeutic
•   6. agents (i.e. sulfonamides and nicarbazin)

2) LILAC EGGS/PINK EGGS🥚

CAUSES:

•   1. Stress
•   2. Excess calcium in the feed

3) DIRTY EGGS🥚

CAUSES:

•   1. Wet droppings
•   2. Large amounts of indigestible compounds in the feed
•   3. Poor gut health
•   4. Electrolyte imbalance/saline water

4) BLOODY EGG🥚

CAUSES:

•   1. Rupture of a blood vessel on the surface of the yolk
•   2. Cutting the blood vessel in the fallopian tube wall
•   3. Deficiency of vitamin A and K in chicken feed
•   4. The large size of the egg in old chickens, which causes stretching and pressure on the lower area, which may cause bleeding.
•   5. Thin eggs may break inside the body and cause bleeding.

5) SHELL-LESS EGGS🥚⋅

CAUSES:

•   1. Immature shell gland
•   2. Disease: Avian Influenza
•   3. NDV, infectious bronchitis,
•   4. Egg Drop Syndrome 76
•   5. Inadequate nutrition: Calcium, phosphorus, manganese, or vitamin D3

6) SOFT-SHELLED EGGS🥚

CAUSES:

•   1. Excessive phosphorus consumption
•   2. Heat stress
•   3. Bird age (older hen)
•   4. Saline water

7) CRACKS🥚

CAUSES:

•   1. Heat stress
•   2. Saline water
•   2. Bird age (older hen)
•   3. Inadequate nutrition: Calcium and vitamin D3
•   4. Mycotoxins

8) CORRUGATED EGGS🥚

CAUSES:

•   1. Heat stress
•   2. Saline water
•   3. Bird age (older hen)
•   4. Poor nutrition, especially calcium and vitamin D3
•   5. Mycotoxin

9) WRINKLED EGGS🥚

CAUSES:

•   1. Stress
•   2. Infectious bronchitis
•   3. Defective shell gland
•   4. Overcrowding

10) PIMPLED EGGS🥚

CAUSES:

•   1. Bird age
•   2. Strain of bird
•   3. Inadequate nutrition

11) CALCIUM COATED EGGS🥚

CAUSES:

•   1. Defective shell gland
•   2. Disturbances during calcification
•   3. Excess calcium in the diet

12) MOTTLED SHELLS🥚

CAUSES:

•   1. High humidity in the shed
•   2. Disease and mycotoxins
•   3. Manganese deficiency
•   4. Overcrowding

13) BROKEN AND MENDED🥚

CAUSES:

•   1. Stress during calcification

14) MISSHAPEN EGGS🥚

CAUSES:

•   1. Immature shell gland
•   2. Disease: Avian Influenza NDV, infectious bronchitis, Egg Drop Syndrome 76
•   3. Stress
•   4. Overcrowding