Getting the flock out of here - a diary of a crazy chicken man

[vehve]

A little bit of a change of subject. Oz, I have two Visayan hens that I purchased locally. One is about 1 year old and the other about 5 months old. The young one layed her first egg today. I know the first one is usually small but, hers is ridiculously small. My thumb is the size of the egg. I will post a pick tomorrow or the next day. And you can tell me what you think. Being that small I am wondering if that is completely normal/

Jimmy

Totally normal, smallest fart egg I've gotten has been 11g I think.

 

[ozexpat]

its a fart egg. it will get bigger

 

[vehve]

I'd say it's probably better for the girl to start small and build up the size. One of our birds started with a 70g double yolker, that must not have been a fun way to begin laying.

 

[ozexpat]

I'd say it's probably better for the girl to start small and build up the size. One of our birds started with a 70g double yolker, that must not have been a fun way to begin laying.

ouch

 

[hellbender]

ouch

Reading that took a toll on me.

 

[perchie.girl]

for what its worth a Fart egg is different than a regular egg in that it will have no Yolk .... and most likely why that particular first egg is so small.

Not uncommon to get them while a young bird is ramping up for laying.

deb

 

[vehve]

Our teeny tiny eggs have all had yolk too.

 

[perchie.girl]

Our teeny tiny eggs have all had yolk too.

then its not a fart egg

 

[vehve]

Well, they were tiny at least =)

 

[dolfi]

I got a fart egg at the beginning of the year. I couldn't help myself and put it in the bator. To my surprise it did make it to day 15.