Fart eggs

[bobzant]

i have a one year old hen that started laying recently, while my other hens laid one or no fart eggs, this peculiar young lady has laid 4 now. almost all the exact same size. She's been kinda off from the start, not quite right upstairs ya know? sooo, any suggestions as to what is going on here?

this is my baby beep beep and her first egg..oh her poor head looks sad another hen pulled all her feathers out and im starting to think they will never grow back.

 

[pertybirdy]

what is a fart egg? Ive never heard of it, but I have had a couple of weird soft shelled broken messy ones under the roost when I go out to let the girls out in the morning. maybe those were "fart eggs" too?

 

[pertybirdy]

also if she just started laying, they lay small eggs to start, so maybe thats it? although a year is kinda old to be just starting to lay, might just have a special mini egg layer.

 

[bobzant]

Just an update on Beep Beep and her tiny eggs. I've now gotten over a dozen and the biggest one is just a little larger than a nickel. They are so cute. I have to wonder if she even realizes she's laying an egg or if she thinks its just another poop. lol! But I have decided she must just be my tiny little egg layer. <3

 

[Impress]

Do they have yolks? If they are yolkless they are definitely fart eggs, but if they have yolks she is just laying teeny tiny eggs apparently.

 

[bobzant]

One had a yolk the rest haven't. theyre so cute I've been blowing them out and keeping them!