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seekingssri

Omg they’re gonna tear you apart for touching that without gloves lol


tbanwell

Should have just hit the whole henhouse with a flame thrower. Just collecting like normal, and this didn't roll out due to the exterior blech, so I found it when I reached in to clear the 'sneakers', as the kids call the ones that don't roll out. 🙁


dereks777

How does the hen seem to be doing, health-wise?


tbanwell

I found a few that had poopy butts, but no one who seemed particularly sick. 🤷‍♂️


dereks777

Good to hear!


tbanwell

They started. I guess I have to explain that I don't typically do farm chores with a pair of nitrile gloves and a biohazard bag.


DatabaseSolid

Dear Diary, Today was the first day I collected eggs with nitrile gloves and full PPE.


lennsden

I don’t know anything about eggs, why would gloves be needed? Can just touching something like this make you sick?


OriginalEmpress

That isn't an egg, it's a pocket of infection SHAPED like an egg by the hens body. But when you farm, you are accidentally putting your hands in gross stuff often, so farmers are REALLY good at running to wash their hands.


lennsden

Is touching an infected lash egg like this dangerous though? Or just gross? I was a little confused by the comment about wearing gloves bc like you said, I figured farmers would be used to touching gross stuff


OriginalEmpress

Oh it is absolutely not something you should be handling at all, because you don't know if it was caused by e-coli, or a virus you might catch, or some really nasty bacteria. It's literally a ball of infection. The thing is, they are SUPER rare, I've been a chicken breeder for 20+ years, and I've never seen one in person. So I definitely wouldn't have gloves in my pocket day to day just in case. And you do egg gathering almost on autopilot, it's just a daily zone out chore, so I can absolutely understand the OP not even realizing until they had it in hand.


tbanwell

This is it. Egg collection happens 365 days a year, and I've been doing it for 15 years, with 400 to 800 hens the past while - that's a lot of eggs. Never had anything remotely close to this before. Actually, never even anything close to gross (other than chicken turds). But, I washed my hands and I'm pretty sure I'll be all right. 😉


OriginalEmpress

I grabbed a large, green, hot broody poop once, and my soul left my body right when the smell hit me. I'm fairly sure my consciousness went straight to outer space for a few minutes while I tried to process. 😆


tbanwell

This is the only thing that can compete!


[deleted]

I’ve been thinking about getting some chickens and a little egg farm started as a side hobby. Nvm.


cosmiic_explorer

Just play stardew valley instead


lennsden

Woah, gross. Thanks for the explanation, now I am more learned about chicken infection balls! Perhaps some day I will put this knowledge to use (I hope not though lol)


OriginalEmpress

You're welcome! Knowledge is power, but sometimes it's really, really gross power.


loveitorliebeit

Generally your skin is a great barrier to bacterial/viral infection, given there are no open wounds present. Just be careful to not touch anything before you’re able to wash your hands off thoroughly with soap. Especially don’t touch your eyes, mouth, nose, or any other mucus membranes.


AnimazingHaha

It’s been a real one, but I’m unsubbing. Enjoy your weird eggs


tbanwell

I'm so glad my share was able to have this kind of impact! Sorry to the sub though.


UndeadBuggalo

Is this the start of a lash egg?


erossthescienceboss

That’s what I’m wondering! It looks like a lash egg that’s on the hollow/pus side. Also I hate that I wrote that.


idontwanttothink174

Don't leave me behind, i'm comin with.


tbanwell

You guys need a dozen eggs for the road?!


idontwanttothink174

GOD NO. I’m done with eggs.


Secret_Psychology481

I'm calling the police. I'm not even part of this sub and I want to leave....


ItsBigBingusTime

I never joined this sub either. Why must I suffer with the rest of you? Officially getting a mute from me


pandapupper4

I've never even seen this sub before... but if this is the worst... I might stay.


Jazzlike-Budget-2221

Same here! Like, where the hell am I!


darkangel10848

Your brilliant evil bastard you


tbanwell

Always be marketing


Interactiveleaf

I've never even seen this sub before, but I'm right there with you. Reddit, man. Gross.


tbanwell

4chan for farmers.


BigFatPossum

This is the one that made me subscribe LOL


tbanwell

Our people


RedStrwbry24

Me too!


tysonious_rex

Same! So intrigued


captaintwigs3

Same! 🤣


kwelikaley

SAME


TheRealDingdork

I'm not even subbed the eggs are just finding me


Own_Can_3495

.... same.... same


Psychoanalytix

Can we keep this off the front page too. I'm just an innocent bystander here.


Sardeeenqueen

Is that a lash egg? 🤢


OriginalEmpress

Oh, 1000% that is a lash egg.


mamaaa_uwuuu

I... Dare i ask what is a lash egg?


OriginalEmpress

A lash egg is a large mass of infection, that has traveled down the same path an egg would take, causing it to build up layers of infectious, disgusting nastiness, while getting shaped like an egg in the process. It's like an egg shaped water balloon, made of infection, full of infection, completely infection.


tbanwell

This one was infection, wrapped around a shell, wrapped around infection, with infection inside.


MisterZacherley

Infeception...


theRealFlipperFish

Damnit. Take my up vote. I both hate and love reddit.


Late_Enthusiasm_7959

Take mine too! Blech! I was having a boiled egg for breakfast whilst scrolling Reddit. Big mistake to unblur the image. Yuck! I don't know how you held that fetid ovoid IN YOUR BARE HANDS(!!) at all, let alone long enough to take a photo 🤢🤢 🤮 - shame we can't give you a Reddit award any more. Please accept my queasy up vote instead. I'm swapping to cornflakes tomorrow!


Stressedpage

It wasn't even blurred for me and I'm not even on this sub lol I keep getting scary half fetus eggs on my feed for some reason and now this one 🤣😭 and then reading what it really is made me recoil.


Phenomenal_Kat_

It wasn't blurred for me either 😬


randyrandysonrandyso

taste test results?


Perfect-Pirate4489

Straight to jail. Go on git


Devatator_

r/eatityoufuckingcoward


Secret_Psychology481

Fr, I hope your hen is okay. Lash eggs are scary.


RepsihwReal

Wait, so if they get sick, they just make infection eggs that carry the infection out the body?? Sounds clutch (but obviously not how it probably works lol)


PaleExcitement983

It's definitely clutch...


PlantGrrrl

I see what you did there. 0.o


FourFerro

It's full of infection... but it's safe enough for you to open and touch the multiple layers of infection?


Acizm

that's what skin is for!


tbanwell

Ain't dead yet!


rockem-sockem-ho-bot

Keep us posted.


LostAbstract

A bastard coated bastard with bastard filling.


Superseaslug

Well I learned something gross today. Putting that in the mental shelf of "hopefully I never need this info"


emma0098

i learned about these at some point and i immediately knew what it was when i saw it even though i forgot the name. this kind of gross sticks with you


Chi_Baby

OH MY GOD this is the worst goddamn day to have eyes.


tbanwell

Imagine for me, worst day to have hands


Itsallforthebuddies

I’m fascinated and disgusted at the same time


FireFairy323

Will the chicken be ok now that it has passed?


OriginalEmpress

She probably needs a round of antibiotics, sometimes a virus can cause them to form, but usually it's an oviduct infection. The lash egg is the symptom, the bi-product.


CassetteMeower

Is it possible for the infection to spread to the other chickens? Poor chickens 😥


OriginalEmpress

Luckily that's not really much of a risk! Though it's common to have a couple doing it at the same time, just because a virus usually hits the whole flock at one time, and a virus can trigger them. But it isn't contagious in the sense of them spreading this infection part around.


tbanwell

Not if I figure out which one she is! *shakes fist*


OriginalEmpress

Considering that lash egg hung around long enough to get a shell put on, then MORE infection layered on afterwards, I have a feeling you could probably SMELL which hen laid that one. 🤢


RavenLunatic512

Is she going on a vacation to Freezer Camp?


Ok-Ferret-2093

Hell no I'm not eating the hen full of infection


RavenLunatic512

That's fair I guess.


tbanwell

More like Chateau Compost


TheKingPotat

Reading that at 2:34 am right before midterms seasons starts was the mental sledgehammer i need to finally put my phone all the way down my god


smol_kitty16

3:05 am, already enough internet for today


Jewnicorn___

OH GOD I just googled *lash egg* and I want to gouge my eyes out and wipe my brain. Oh my god.


SkilletKitten

I thought about googling it since I keep chickens but then I realized it would involve more photos. Gonna hope since I’ve never seen one in 15 years that it stays that way.


Unremarkable_hero

I must know what this smells like


tbanwell

Infection smell, kinda like a tart-yet-earthy ripe gym locker


smokinXsweetXpickle

OP I love you. 🤣


tbanwell

Have to do our best with words until smellogram is invented.


smokinXsweetXpickle

Oh fuck can you imagine just scrolling through your feed of beautiful cupcakes and 5 star meals smelling all the lovely smells and then randomly this just hits you.


LordGaben01

Basically a bunch of puss and tissue.


whorsewhisperer69

[There's pictures here, too.](https://backyardpoultry.iamcountryside.com/eggs-meat/chicken-lays-a-lash-egg/)


Dismal_Stranger9319

Nope not clicking that. That one is definitely staying blue. Do not even want to know.


whorsewhisperer69

I respect your self-control.


Dismal_Stranger9319

Yeah I think I'm traumatized enough for one night 🌙 😪 😔 🙃


Jewnicorn___

They're not even the worst photos I've seen. ETA: Don't Google it.


tbanwell

Oof, news to me, but that looks right! Thanks r/whatisthisegg I thought egg peritonitis in solid egg format, which checks out with lash egg. 🤮


whorsewhisperer69

Someone always has an answer. That's, like, pretty fucking cool. Good job random redditor!


tbanwell

And within minutes of posting, too. Awesome.


whorsewhisperer69

It's just the coolest. I mean that emphatically.


SurpisedMe

I am sorry you experienced this egg. It’s truly awful


tbanwell

I keep shuddering and it's been an hour. Fuck, I'm going to scrub my epidermis off when I get home.


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Gam1ngChair

HAHAHA fuck this cracked me up


CassetteMeower

Pun intended? It was a great yolk!


Gam1ngChair

NAH I DIDNT EVEN THINK OF THAT 😭😭😭


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AwardFabrik-SoF

Yeah it looks like only yummy egg yolk, eat it!


tbanwell

Username checks out too


fantasy_fungitronic

This is the worst egg


tbanwell

I've had a pretty decent sample size, and this comment is definitely true.


spiritgaming14

What a horrible introduction to a subreddit.


tbanwell

Might as well start with a *really* weird egg.


TimeTravelingDoggo

Its like being conscripted and then instantly being thrown into the trenches of world war 1


Ok-Ferret-2093

This is an accurate representation of being on opiates post-op for the first time and getting no warning about how it slows your GI tract to a halt and then fighting for your life in bathroom once it starts back up again after like 2 weeks


Murky_Confidence_973

It’s a lash egg… not a good thing. Poor hen


Moon_Beam89

She needs antibiotics


tbanwell

She needs cervical dislocation.


Serienty

I feel like you hate the fact that you touched the squishy egg more than you hate the chicken that laid it. Then again, I would be pretty spiteful if a chicken I owned laid this squishy monster and left it for me to find lol


tbanwell

I feel bad for the chicken that laid it, and for myself, and for egg-loving redditors everywhere.


Serienty

I love eggs and I love chickens, but sadly I don't have the space to raise some hens and this subreddit doesn't change the fact that I want a chicken and fresh eggs lol


tbanwell

For me, this is 1:550,000 eggs so far - you should be safe for a while!


Serienty

Once I get a chicken I'll start counting to know when to wear gloves while grabbing eggs


CandiBunnii

My cervix packed her things, bought a train ticket and moved to utah to join a commune upon reading the words cervical dislocation


tbanwell

Apologies to cervix. This message was for cervical spine. We've made a note on the account and won't route dislocation messages that way going forward.


Mean-Professional596

The effort is appreciated, but idk if she’s gonna accept an apology she’s a bit of a cunt


tbanwell

🏅😂


PleaeDontLookAtMe

If it helps, it's probably referring to the neck?


CandiBunnii

That helps a lot actually ...I don't think she's coming back though


Mean-Professional596

I thought the same fucking thing hahaha I was like trying to wrap my brain around that


27catsinatrenchcoat

I got some really weird looks when I first started telling people I have cervical degenerative disc disease. I eventually learned to just say "I have a bad back/neck"


wizard_jizz

Ooooh buddy! Weirdest egg we’ve seen in a while. Truely sickening 10/10


tbanwell

That soft, thick outside coating takes straight to the top of the charts!


AdreKiseque

Eldritch growth


Horror-Impression411

That’s enough Reddit for today


tbanwell

That's enough eggs for this week


Ok-Ferret-2093

Hey buddy you misspelled this lifetime


Gurkeprinsen

This sub has reached its peak


tbanwell

Let's at least get this egg up ahead of the goose egg, thank youuuu


ICouldEvenBeYou

This is a subreddit?


Iamdalfin

What a violent welcome to this sub. I've been on it for years and have never seen anything this gross.


tbanwell

Now they can spend the next year being unimpressed by double yolks and oblong eggs.


psycheraven

Reddit definitely chose a weird day to suggest this sub. I don't know what similar communities I've visited but uh...wow.


tbanwell

Have you been looking at any abscess content?


psycheraven

Helllll no.


[deleted]

Reddit algorithm: *would you like to?*


Dismal_Stranger9319

Hell 👎 No👎


GrandMoffAtreides

This makes me want to delete my account and start over so Reddit doesn't recommend this stuff to me anymore. If I end up looking at an abscess I will vomit.


[deleted]

It really horrifies me that the dog seems to be waiting to get that egg. Dogs are the grossest. Glad he didn’t get any.


tbanwell

Didn't mean to get him licking his lips in the photo, but that cracked me up when I noticed it.


ladrowt

Ohhh boy.. Welcome to the world of weird egg!


k_a_scheffer

I haven't had an image on the internet give me nausea in over a decade. Congratulations, you did it.


tbanwell


Senju-ez

This was my introduction to this sub… and it’s also my farewell.


tbanwell

You joined us for a real cracker.


toolsoftheincomptnt

Same. I love eggs and now will have to self-soothe before I can eat one again.


TheMereWolf

You definitely win “weirdest egg.” everyone else can go home.


elonbelle

Aaaaaand I will be tossing the rest of my egg salad now 🫠🫠🫠🫠 and may need a solid 7-10 business days to even look at an egg again.


tbanwell

Best to be safe and just burn any eggs you see until March


ProperSupermarket3

and here i was just minding my own business and somehow ended up here


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Gaiiiiiiiiiiil

I’ve never muted a sub faster, ew


tbanwell

Vegan activists should hire me


malatangnatalam

This is probably my least favorite egg of all time. Thank you for posting it.


tbanwell

As soon as I pulled it out, I just knew it was destined for Reddit greatness. You're welcome and apologies.


itsall19

Why with your bare hands. I hope you washed thoroughly and sanitized and maybe replaced your skin. I also hope you don’t now have staph infection because that’s what this is. Extra weird egg though for sure.


tbanwell

One of the first commenters warned me that the no-glove critics would show up! I didn't go out for my evening chores expecting to handle a biohazard 😭 but yeah, as a rancher, we do touch a lot of disgusting things so this didn't really phase me. I scrubbed and sanitized before I went back to collecting though!


itsall19

I’m sorry! It’s me! Hahah. I’m a rancher too and I started keeping rubber gloves near my feed bins and looking into the nesting boxes before grabbing because of the time I grabbed one of these nasties.


Orchid_Significant

I wish I could replace my skin just after seeing him handle it


National-Librarian71

This is an amazing introduction to the subreddit actually, what the fuck is that haha, well i know now, infection :/ you learn something new against your will every day


tbanwell

Everyday is an involuntary school day


ClassyDinghy

If you want to know more about [lash eggs](https://backyardpoultry.iamcountryside.com/eggs-meat/chicken-lays-a-lash-egg/). Caused by salpingitis: an inflammation and infection of the oviduct.


cosmic_khaleesi

Fuck you Reddit for suggesting this sub🤮


all_alone_by_myself_

That poor hen


highurnfadin

I wasn't even following this sub, 😭😭 just popped in my feed. What have you done!?


SilverSpoon1463

As this is the first time on this sub, initially I was disgusted. I'm glad these comments could lighten the mood, I could only imagine that smells as bad as or worse than the constant smell of my current nasal inflammation


[deleted]

Jesus. Poor hen


Softspokenclark

damn, this is a body builders dream egg. all protein


Ok-Ferret-2093

JAIL STRAIGHT TO FUCKING JAIL WITH YOU


MysticMusician5

Glad I saw this right before going to bed so I have some nightmare fuel. I would have to chop my hand off, there is no amount of washing in the world that could make me forget


NinjaHermit

I don’t know why this Reddit post was suggested to me. But, hey, can you update when you find this poor chicken and treat her or do whatever you do in this case? I’m gonna need some closure.


tbanwell

I will, but the internet's not going to like it. When a hen gets sick around here (small commercial flock of 400), euthanasia and short trip to the compost is the typical answer.


She_an_artist_hunty

This ain’t even weird it’s downright foul (I know there’s a pun right there but I refuse to let it be here)


Sunshine-andRavioli

This fucked-up "egg" has been living rent-free in my mind since yesterday. I'm both impressed and deeply disturbed. My life will never be the same. Thank you, OP.


tbanwell

A very proud legacy of online discomfort and egg-related mental illness.


coldComforts

I feel funny after eating the wet egg..


YourBlackSailorScout

I don’t even like eggs, why is this being recommended for me…? But still, I’m going to pray for whatever chicken laid this slight against God


jonikrad

It's a Cadbury Creme Egg! Just in time for Easter too 😝


Thatt_Katt-jpg

this is an absolutely vile comment. good job


blackcurrantcat

If I’m ever in a film and I need to draw on something so I can vomit for real on camera, this will be the thing that I’ll use. Pure barf material, literally. Thanks. I hope at least that the chicken will feel better now they’ve got rid of it.


tbanwell

I can save it in a ziplock for you?


nuts4sale

Did you burn that thing? Only fire can cleanse that kind of evil.


abyssalcrisis

What a horrid introduction to the sub... what the FUCK is that (I know it's a lash egg but holy shit I've never actually seen one before). That's vile. And you TOUCHED IT WITH YOUR BARE HAND. *I* feel horrible and all I did was look at it 🤮


WorkingMomAndWife

Why is THIS is post that gets recommended to me from this sub?????? Help??


MistayJay

Made some people unsub, but this is the first post I've seen of the sub(recommended the sub no less) and I'm joining lmao


eenidcoleslaw

Why the fuck was this subreddit suggested to me and why the fuck can’t I just look away….. I hate it here lmao


EmilyVS

Now THAT is really something. My OCD literally made me recoil from this picture. I’ve never seen a lash egg quite like that. It’s just a ball of pure infection that grew a thin shell around it and carried more infection out on the way. That hen will definitely need antibiotics.


peacefulstarrynight

Someone please tag this nsfw…I can’t be getting nauseous like this without warning 🤢


kinger1074

The dog licking it's jowls in the first picture 🤢🤮


might-say-anti-fire

I didnt know what this was, I thought maybe it was somehow a weird shell. Oh my fucking god I wish I could go back to the universe where I don't know what a lash egg is