Completely dumbfounded

[usedhobarts]

Got home today around 4:30 pm and went to collect the daily gifts from my girls. Much to surprise I found this little tiny egg in one of the nesting boxes amongst 5 other eggs. My youngest hens started laying last fall. ( no pullets here).

The egg is perfect in shape. A very nice hard shell like the rest. Any ideas how are why this can happen from mature hens? When I first looked in the nesting cabinet I thought someone was screwing with me and stuck a moth ball in there. It is a bonified egg.

What gives?

 

[ChickensRDinos]

My guess is there is no yoke inside. It's just a random mishap in the egg-making process that some people call an "egg fart." Crack it open and see but it's probably not anything to worry about unless it starts happening all the time.

 

[usedhobarts]

Thanks, I'm going to wait until the morning to crack it.