i didn't know that eggs came out big end first!

[shawnkfl]

i always thought the small, pointy end came out first until i watched a quail lay one just now. interesting.

 

[eggsrcool]

Yup, big end first

 

[Nemo]

The small pointy end is made by the muscles contracting on that end of the egg to push it out. The shell is still pliable, and gets smooshed, to use the technical term.

 

[Karrie13]

Very interesting. I didn't know this either!

 

[Emilys3guppies]

That is interesting.

In humans, babies get "coneheads" from the birth canal...and are pointy instead of broad...I'd assumed that eggs were the same way. Live and learn!

 

[ArizonaNessa]

Well if the pointy end came first then their hiney would slam shut and I don't think that would be very nice.

 

[shelleyd2008]

Yep, big end first, just like a baby

 

[b.hromada]

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Didn't know that. thanks.

 

[Highland Moongazer]

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[ken429h]

I didn't know that either. I have seen my hens lay, but it's so fast the egg is on the ground before I knew what was happening.
One of my hens gets an egg stuck every now and then and I have seen the pointy end sticking out. No wonder it gets stuck, it coming out the wrong way.

She also lays a very round egg compared to the others. Could the egg be spinning around inside?.

Ken