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  1. 12-01-2008, 07:40 PM #1
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    SQUAAAAAAWWWK!!! Bumpy Egg!

    I get my eggs from a couple at church who raise chickens for eggs. They are free range and really fresh!

    Lately they gave me a dozen "irregulars" - slightly different sizes, and one BUMPY egg!

    I love it. I told them I took pictures of it, and here it is. (They wanted pics, so will send them along shortly).
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    Did they explain what could cause an egg to be bumpy like that?
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    That's an EGG ???

    Cook with caution ...

    Looks more like a well petrified Road Apple from the south end of a horse!



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    Karen, it happens not infrequently. The bumpy ones don't make it to market.

    This couple also had an egg laid that was about 3" long and narrow. They mounted it in a gift shadow box and gave it as a gift.

    "real eggs" can be really weird. In Ontario a friend of mine had REAL free range eggs....chickens ran all over her rough country yard. The eggs were spotty blue, huge, small, etc.!
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    I have seen plenty of 'real eggs' but never one like that. Slightly misshapen, sure, and many shades and colors, but never one like that. I still wonder what causes that bumpiness - too much calcium in the diet? Intestinal distress?
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    Growing up we always had chickens and fresh eggs. But I don't recall EVER seeing one like that! Now the second set of pix you posted is more what I'm used to. LOL
    That first one almost looks like it didn't have a shell at all and the lining hardened or something. WEIRD!!
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    Thats a egg? It looks more like a meatball than a egg...
    Anyways, I would not be able to cook it because it looks so cool xD.

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    Ewww ... that's kind of gross looking, actually. I could not eat that, I would wonder if something was wrong with it.

    My grandma had hundreds of chickens, and I always gathered the eggs. They were indeed many different colors, shapes and patterns ... but I've never seen anything like that.
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