Although I've been complaining about the low # of eggs this month, I can't believe the one I found today!
It was so big I had to measure it!
About 9.5cm long (about 3.75 in)
To get an idea of scale, those are my fingers. I am an adult woman - and not a small one.
The egg is HUGE.
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4.15 oz
or 117.9 grams
If a 2.5 oz egg is considered Jumbo, what should THIS size be called?
Now I just can't figure out who it came from. The 4 yr old hen that usually lays the biggest eggs lays a peachy-white egg. This one is way too dark to be hers. It's a med brown like an orp at the beginning of her egg cycle. My orp hens have pale combs & are still growing feathers back. I can't imagine this coming out of an orp pullet. (also no blood streaks on it) That only leaves my RIR or Bielefelder pullets. Both have been laying since Aug/Sept - unlike the orps who have just started or soon will.
It was so big I had to measure it!
About 9.5cm long (about 3.75 in)
To get an idea of scale, those are my fingers. I am an adult woman - and not a small one.
The egg is HUGE.
\
4.15 oz
or 117.9 grams
If a 2.5 oz egg is considered Jumbo, what should THIS size be called?
Now I just can't figure out who it came from. The 4 yr old hen that usually lays the biggest eggs lays a peachy-white egg. This one is way too dark to be hers. It's a med brown like an orp at the beginning of her egg cycle. My orp hens have pale combs & are still growing feathers back. I can't imagine this coming out of an orp pullet. (also no blood streaks on it) That only leaves my RIR or Bielefelder pullets. Both have been laying since Aug/Sept - unlike the orps who have just started or soon will.