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post #1 of 7
3/7/12 at 4:46am
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I have a small flock of 8 hens and 2 roosters. I am getting about 5 eggs per day ranging in size from grocery store medium to larger than grocery store x-large eggs. Earlier this week, though, we found a tiny egg in one of our nests. I have posted a picture below next to a normal size egg. 

 

Is this normal? Why is this egg so small?

 

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post #2 of 7
3/7/12 at 4:54am

How long have your hens been laying for?  Hens that haven't been laying long will often lay weird eggs, like extra small, soft-shelled, or miscolored eggs.  Sometimes hens that have been laying for a while lay weird eggs, too, and there's usually no explanation, it's just kinda random.

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post #3 of 7
3/7/12 at 4:55am

First of all welcome-byc.gif.

 

How old are your girls? This a typical occurrence in pullets. It has been called many things but mostly a fart egg. Young chickens are just getting their egg factories up to speed and will sometimes lay them. I have two myself.  Completely normal. I think it would be safe to say that more people have gotten one of those egg farts than not.

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"The difference between being involved and being committed is the same as the difference between eggs and bacon. The chicken is involved. But the pig is committed"  Anonymous

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post #4 of 7
4/25/12 at 7:50pm

I have four Rhode Island Red mixed hens. For two days I have gotten tiny eggs after getting regular eggs. The first one was brown and the next day it was pinkish. These girls are a year old this month and have been laying pretty good for about six months. From the threads it sounds like it is nothing to worry about?

Home to all hens: 4 RIR/Ameraucanas, five Buff Orpingtons, one Ameraucana, two New Hampshires; also two Pekingese, 16 cats (10 need homes), & 1 parakeet.

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Home to all hens: 4 RIR/Ameraucanas, five Buff Orpingtons, one Ameraucana, two New Hampshires; also two Pekingese, 16 cats (10 need homes), & 1 parakeet.

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post #5 of 7
4/25/12 at 7:53pm

It's a fart egg and most likely has no yolk. It's a perfectly normal, although strange, occurrence. 

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I live with my partner and our daughter in the foothills of NC. We LOVE our critters!
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post #6 of 7
4/25/12 at 8:39pm

Well, I'm a worry wort but I'm glad to hear that "occasional" tiny eggs are normal.

Home to all hens: 4 RIR/Ameraucanas, five Buff Orpingtons, one Ameraucana, two New Hampshires; also two Pekingese, 16 cats (10 need homes), & 1 parakeet.

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Home to all hens: 4 RIR/Ameraucanas, five Buff Orpingtons, one Ameraucana, two New Hampshires; also two Pekingese, 16 cats (10 need homes), & 1 parakeet.

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post #7 of 7
4/30/12 at 1:39pm
Well it might be something that I've only seen once, a yolk only egg!wink.png
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