Why did she lay a very small egg today?

[ucso849]

I went out and collected eggs today and one of them laid a very small egg. All the eggs prior to today have been normal size.

 

[gmendoza]

Just a fart egg.

Nothing wrong here

nothing to see

these aren't the eggs we are looking for

carry on, carry on

 

[laukite]

What about this one?

 

[Maggiesdad]

Is there anyway to tell, with 10 hens, who is laying which egg? We get 3-7 eggs/day and am wondering if any of them aren't laying at all. . . .

An old timer told me to put different colored lipstick on their bums...

You try it and get back to me if it works!

ps don't put the lipstick back where you got it from...

 

[ucso849]

Not sure why this happen? Does anyone know y this would happen?

 

[Bullitt]

I went out and collected eggs today and one of them laid a very small egg. All the eggs prior to today have been normal size.

Did the hen that laid the small egg lay eggs before?

When a hen first starts laying her eggs are often smaller, and then the eggs get larger.

 

[ucso849]

I have had them for about a month. The person I bought them off of said they have been laying, but r young.

 

[scriptkiddieJR]

occasionally a hen will get a "hiccup" wich pretty much is she got bothered and it messed up her egg cycle this normally clears up within a day and she's back on her regular cycle

Did she get a bit of a scare recently?

Did she stop laying for a few days and then start again? if so she may have just stopped and started up again and need to "get back in the groove"

did you add a knew member to the flock?

has there been any squabbles that have been a little bigger then a peck away from the feeder?

these eggs come small (this one even had a yolk.)

 

[cheekyhens]

Aww its so cute!

 

[DwayneNLiz]

I got exactly the same thing like two days ago, my daughter thinks it's super cute. I'm going to hollow it and keep it for her, after filling it with wax.

As script said, something messed up her cycle. Very common in young birds.