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Matilda has laid a giant egg...does this happen often???

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Matilda is a buff giant cochin and laid this egg weighing almost 8 oz and 4 inches long!

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my white leghorns do that on occasion....not sure why

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It does happen from time to time and is not uncommon and does not indicate that anything is wrong with her. Just check her bum to make sure it didn't cause a prolapse. The egg is most likely a double yolker. Maybe she's an over-achiever. 

I live with my partner and our daughter in the foothills of NC. We LOVE our critters!
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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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we get those too from our chickens I am not sure which hens lays them our  Road island red's,or the barred Rock hens . I have also seen tiny eggs a while back when our hen started laying and our duck layed one too the big  brown egg is normal size .tiny chicken egg and duck egg when they just started laying.

14 Rhode Island red hen's,13 barred rock hens,1 duck named Daisy,5 roosters ,12 mix chickens,1 black pony,2 paint horses,1 american pitbull,1 catahoula,1 Grate Dane,8 cats.6 kitten's some warm eggs soon to hatch three farm boy's and one farm girl ....

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14 Rhode Island red hen's,13 barred rock hens,1 duck named Daisy,5 roosters ,12 mix chickens,1 black pony,2 paint horses,1 american pitbull,1 catahoula,1 Grate Dane,8 cats.6 kitten's some warm eggs soon to hatch three farm boy's and one farm girl ....

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ep.gif That's a big'un! It's normal, as long as it's every once and a while, especially for first year layers :)

I have five hens and two pullets- one seven year old red star, Luna, one white leghorn, Sage, one SLW, Pepper, one adorable fluffy EE, Bedazzle, and one black star, Buckbeak. My two pullets are Nutella, my wheaten marans, thirty five weeks, (who is yet to lay an egg!), and her best friend, Sammy, seventeen weeks.

 

 

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I have five hens and two pullets- one seven year old red star, Luna, one white leghorn, Sage, one SLW, Pepper, one adorable fluffy EE, Bedazzle, and one black star, Buckbeak. My two pullets are Nutella, my wheaten marans, thirty five weeks, (who is yet to lay an egg!), and her best friend, Sammy, seventeen weeks.

 

 

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Ouch! 

 

 

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post #7 of 12

That had to hurt coming out--poor Matilda.

 

Lorain
Right here,Right now, I'm exactly where I'm suppose to be....... Welcome To Wherever You Are........
My gang-2 German Shepherds-George&Olivia, 1  Blue&Gold Macaw-Tico, 3 box turtles-Tammy, Beatrice & Jack,
5  Dominiques-Carrie,Samantha,Miranda,Laverene,Charles, 1 Australorp-Shirley, 3 kids, all in their 20's and 1 WONDERFUL husband !!!
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Lorain
Right here,Right now, I'm exactly where I'm suppose to be....... Welcome To Wherever You Are........
My gang-2 German Shepherds-George&Olivia, 1  Blue&Gold Macaw-Tico, 3 box turtles-Tammy, Beatrice & Jack,
5  Dominiques-Carrie,Samantha,Miranda,Laverene,Charles, 1 Australorp-Shirley, 3 kids, all in their 20's and 1 WONDERFUL husband !!!
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8 oz?

 

Isn't the world record 7 oz?

 

Sounds like you may have a record egg on your hands...

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I have been researching the record egg.  I will need to weigh the egg on a digital scale to be sure.  It measures as large in cm as the record egg!

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The largest chicken egg I could find online was from China and weighed 201 grams.  After working on the conversion, it was about 7.09 ounces.  I hope you contacted Guiness on that one!

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