What chicken breed lays the biggest egg?

We have five chickens, all about 21 weeks old. We have two Americaunas, one Rhode Island Red, a Gold Sex Link, and a Barred Rock. I don't believe the Americaunas are laying yet, as we haven't had blue-green eggs, just brown ones. We've been getting eggs for about two weeks now, averaging just under one a day. I think that one of the other three just started laying, though, as this morning I found the biggest chicken egg I've ever seen! It totally dwarfs all the others. I don't think it's from the Sex Link, because I'm nearly certain she was the first. Therefore, either the Red or the Rock just started laying, and it's a monster. Any thoughts on which it might be? I want to hang a blue ribbon around her neck!

Here's a comparison:

And here it is, not fitting into a large size egg box:



Thanks for your help!

Bill
 
Just an update on the egg I posted about. I went to the post office to weigh this bugger. And, did a little research. It seems the average jumbo egg is 2.5 oz. This one is 2.9!
 
New here.

Couple of posts made me think.

Just weighed my Orpington / Wyandotte x's first eggs. Egg 1 - 1.125 oz. Egg 2 - 1.375 oz. Egg 3 - 1.5 oz. Egg 4 - 1.625 oz. I use a deli meat scale.

Wanting one more brood ready by snowfall. Thinking of swapping eggs with my aunt's Rhode Islands. Pullet is already trying to nest on 4 eggs. Thoughts?
 
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Why not? If it doesn't work out, you can always sell the chicks.
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Karen
 
I have red star, aracana, white and black jersey giants, partridge rock, columbian Plymouth Rock. And the red star are the largest eggs with aracana to follow.
 

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