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The Museum of Hoaxes is dedicated to promoting knowledge about hoaxes. (Click here for opening hours, etc.) On our blog we post about dubious- sounding claims, and whatever else strikes our fancy. The site is also home to the Hoax Photo Database, the Hoax Forum, and the Hoaxipedia.
The Museum of Hoaxes is dedicated to promoting knowledge about hoaxes. (Click here for opening hours, etc.) On our blog we post about dubious- sounding claims, and whatever else strikes our fancy. The site is also home to the Hoax Photo Database, the Hoax Forum, and the Hoaxipedia.
RUDE ROVERThe Christmas dog with no class! He sings and toots Jingle Bells.
INFLATABLE TREEWho needs the hassle of a real Christmas tree?
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Wrinkled Egg
Brian Edwards has sent in these photos of a wrinkled egg. I've never heard of an egg getting wrinkled, but the pictures don't look photoshopped. The egg, however, does look a bit like a potato. Soon I'll have to start a new category for odd eggs, what with my previous posts about a spoon-shaped egg, and a tall-tail egg. |
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Listed in chronological order. Newest comments at the end.
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Soaking an egg in vinegar eats away the outer-shell, the rubbery part that remains is the membrane.
Posted by Jackie on Thu Sep 01, 2005 at 04:28 PMHi. I grew up on a farm and the egg is quite likely real. I saw some pretty weird looking eggs when growing up, even one (with the shell not fully hardened) that popped out of a chicken after it was bitten in half by a hog.
I say its the real McCoy.
Buck
Posted by Buck in the Netherlands on Thu Sep 15, 2005 at 05:18 AMI say its the real McCoy.
Buck
This is a simple experiment that i performed in the ninth grade. You first put the egg in vinegar to dissolve the shell. Then you put it in Karo syrup and the egg get wrinkled because of osmosis. The Karo syrup is a hypertonic solution so it makes the egg wrinkle up.
Posted by John in Pennington, NJ on Sun Nov 20, 2005 at 09:46 AMHi, I am the person in the picture. Seriously. It was on a farm in Kansas where my grandpa found it on his farm. My uncle said it was because the chicken has sand on her butt. It is very real, and we have also had green eggs out there also. Absolutely real.
Posted by Brian in USA on Tue Dec 27, 2005 at 10:30 AMi also have two hens that lay eggs like this and im not sure what the problem is but would like to find out.
Posted by mike in ms on Sat Apr 22, 2006 at 11:09 AMI have chickens, and i found an egg like that the other day, except the wrinkles were all around the middle. We too find eggs without shells, tiny eggs, green, pink, and orange eggs, eggs with bumps or spots, long ones, two yolk-ers, no yolk-ers, the list goes on. we even had a chicken lay an egg that looked like 2 eggs fused together. i know this COULD be real, no to say that is, but it is quite possible.
Posted by joe in mn on Mon Jul 03, 2006 at 09:41 PMI have had perfect eggs from my Rhode Island Reds
for the last two years and now one of them is producing wrinkled obb long eggs as shown in the URL: link provided. They brake very easily so their is definately a calcium shortage but why in only one bird, they all have the same diet.
Posted by Jean in Everett PA on Thu Oct 19, 2006 at 08:43 AMfor the last two years and now one of them is producing wrinkled obb long eggs as shown in the URL: link provided. They brake very easily so their is definately a calcium shortage but why in only one bird, they all have the same diet.
URL: link provided.
http://vkallen.com/graphics/surplus/EGGS.jpg
Posted by Jean in Everett PA on Thu Oct 19, 2006 at 08:45 AMhttp://vkallen.com/graphics/surplus/EGGS.jpg
I have one chicken that suddenly lays eggs without a shell, The eggs were normal beforehand. I do feed shellgrit and the other chickens have very strong shells. Does anyone know the reason?
the other chickens also eat the shelless one and since we only have 4 chickens we would like the egg.
I know this, because I find the membrane in the morning in the hutch. She must also lay the egg very early, as I go there at 5 in the morning,
Kind regards Mascha
Posted by Mascha Chong in Sydney Australia on Wed Oct 25, 2006 at 01:31 PMthe other chickens also eat the shelless one and since we only have 4 chickens we would like the egg.
I know this, because I find the membrane in the morning in the hutch. She must also lay the egg very early, as I go there at 5 in the morning,
Kind regards Mascha
I have wrinkled eggs from our chickens. I actually found this page on the internet searching for possible cause. YES it is definitely true. I hope I find the cause. We have four chickens only one of them is wrinkled.
Posted by Dawn Williams in Perth WA on Tue Jan 09, 2007 at 01:37 AMI also found this page while looking for an explanation of the wrinkled eggs we have been getting lately - again from only one hen out of about 30. So we know that it is not a hoax, but doesn't anyone out there know why it happens? If my hen needs something in her diet or if the other hens are hurting her or stressing her out or something, I would like to fix it.
Posted by Susan Miller in Johnson City, TN on Wed Jan 10, 2007 at 06:22 PMWe're down to only 3 chickens but 1 consistently lays wrinkled eggs similar to the picture. A little different every day, sometimes thick shelled sometimes thin. They are free range and I've tried diet change recently with no improvement. I'd also love to know why?
Posted by Kit in NM on Tue Jan 16, 2007 at 04:38 PMMerck Vet Manual suggests that the wrinkled eggs may be due to a viral infectious bronchitis found in Oz and USA. Can view with a Google search. My chicken shows no signs of illness so I will take my chances, but folks with many birds better read-contageous and can be serious.
Posted by kit in NM on Tue Jan 16, 2007 at 05:06 PMI have a chicken that's been laying eggs just like that for a while now. Mercks vet manual shows a picture of them also. It says they are a common result of infectious bronchitis in the chicken. But my chicken's been doing this for a long time and show's no sign of any disease, so I too was looking for another possible cause.
Posted by chickysue in oregon on Mon Jun 04, 2007 at 12:40 PMI have two eggs in my fridge right now that look like this and the reason I found this page is because I'm looking for a cause. I have all different age chickens, and several different kinds of chickens. My chickens are healthy, their coop is spotless (I just cleaned and disinfected it last Sunday) and they eat very good. I wish I could figure this out...??
Posted by Kansas A in Lillooet BC Canada on Sun Jun 24, 2007 at 11:00 PMI have taken my chickens to the vet after having shelless and crinkeled eggs. He gave them some baycox and I wormed them. After that the eggs were normal. I have bought my chickens from someone who did not immunize the chicks against Merecks Desease. It is not possible for a small breeder to do this, as the serum is only available in larger quantities and would not be cost effective. The Vet told me, that misshapen eggs are always a sign of some disease or other.
Kind regards
Mascha Chong
Posted by Mascha Chong in Sydney Australia on Fri Sep 14, 2007 at 05:32 PMKind regards
Mascha Chong
The egg is real and natural. I was searching the net to find out why one of my chickesn keeps laying these very strange shapped (wrinkled) eggs. I cam accross this. And I laughed as each person tried to think of how a Human could make this up. Well the kid is holding a genuine egg. If you would like I can take a pic. of mine then crack it open for you and take another pic. I collected it yesterday from my hens.
Posted by Brandy Alvis in Louisiana on Thu Sep 27, 2007 at 07:03 AMI have 22 Chickens
12 are Road Island Reds. I have no idea which chicken is laying this egg but after reading these last few comments I am worried. We are very happy about our chickens and take Very good care of them. Any ideas how to figure out which one is laying the eggs, it is not every day and the degree of wrinkle varies.
Posted by Brandy Alvis in Louisiana on Thu Sep 27, 2007 at 07:12 AM12 are Road Island Reds. I have no idea which chicken is laying this egg but after reading these last few comments I am worried. We are very happy about our chickens and take Very good care of them. Any ideas how to figure out which one is laying the eggs, it is not every day and the degree of wrinkle varies.
you should take a baggy put vinegar in it, then take an egg, put it in the vinegar. next let it set in the bag for 4 or 5 days. take it out put it in a bowl. then take a pict of hiw wrinkly it is then.
that will get some comments posted.
i did this as a science experment when i was in school
Posted by rudy frost on Wed Feb 27, 2008 at 04:46 PMthat will get some comments posted.
i did this as a science experment when i was in school
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