Dime sized egg?

[Iguanahunter]

Hello everybody! i just got this little fart egg in one of my nest boxes and aside from my already laying hens I have 4 pullets at 16 weeks. Could it be one of them? Tiny pineapple to scale.

 

[Tiggerandfriends]

I believe that is an egg from a bird, not one of your hens. I have had wild birds lay eggs in my chicken nesting boxes and they have all been about that size.

 

[coach723]

It could be. New layers can have interesting glitches sometimes until their bodies get it all figured out. New layers can also lay smaller eggs for a while (not that small), they will gradually increase to a larger size. I'd just watch, it may happen a few times, maybe never again. I find one once in a while. Usually they have no yolk or only a tiny bit of one, or a meat spot.

Edit: 16 weeks is a little young, but not impossible. It's also possible that one of your older birds had a hiccup.

 

[Iguanahunter]

I believe that is an egg from a bird, not one of your hens. I have had wild birds lay eggs in my chicken nesting boxes and they have all been about that size.

Definitely not a wild bird, the only wild bird that lays like that here is a dove and the eggs are bigger, plus they do not go in my coop, much less in my nesting boxes.

 

[KikiLeigh02]

What kind of pullets do you have?

 

[townchicks]

Did you crack it open? Does it have a yolk? I have ringneck doves, that sure looks like a dove egg to me. You are sure wild birds don't get in your coop?

 

[snow5164]

We’ve all had those at one time or another , I think it’s just because our chickens aren’t machines .... have fun

 

[Iguanahunter]

What kind of pullets do you have?

Backyard mix, they have red sexlink moms and a backyard cross roo.


The egg is a fart egg, just whites. And certain. They are scared of my chickens since the chickens try to eat them.

 

[kwhites634]

Backyard mix, they have red sexlink moms and a backyard cross roo.


The egg is a fart egg, just whites. And certain. They are scared of my chickens since the chickens try to eat them.

My first layers were 16 week old pullets when I bought them. When they finally started laying, 3 months later, I'd get eggs about the size of a marble, with no yolk.