Never seen anything like it and been raising chickens for forty years. What does it taste like??

It appears to be just some extra (thick) shell membrane with maybe some chalaza attached that coated the egg while it was in the chute. If there was no blood and it doesn't appear to be tissue, and the hen doesn't start having problems, it's probably just a hiccup with her egg laying apparatus getting geared up for Spring.

I'd keep an eye on her, though.

Velvet ~:>

I looked it up on the web and came up with a website that has pictures of all kinds of weird eggs.

Here is a link that might be useful: Brown egg Blue egg

Alan has a terrific site, I highly recommend reading all the articles on Brown Egg Blue Egg. :) He really knows his stuff.

Velvet ~:>

Thanks for the link! Although it doesn't say what it is, at least I know it's happened before to others and that they had no lasting problems with the birds. 3 or 4 days later, ours is still doing just fine. We're guessing it's just her system ramping up for the first time.

As for taste, we scrambled it with three other eggs (and goat gouda!), so we don't really know if it tasted differently, but it didn't mess up the batch, so I think it was just fine!

Thanks for all your help!

We have had eggs with shells that look like brains (always in the blue/green category). We have had eggs from our Cuckoo Marans (chocolate brown eggs) that the dark brown part looked like it was sprayed on and even had scratches on it so that the lighter color could be seen. Polishing these eggs with a soft cloth and baking soda completely removed the dark brown. Normally the dark brown is permanent but on occasion it scratches off.
We have had several eggs with smaller eggs inside (also always the blue /green variety).
We get light brown eggs that look like they were cut across the waist and then glued back together with nice thick egg shell....always a nice lump all the way around the middle.
One hen always lays eggs that are sharply pointed on both ends..(white egg)