Have a question on a egg

[pittmanbirds]

Hi i have a question i went out to gather eggs and i had one that appeared to be a pulet egg. Is it unheard of for a hen (father brown leghorn mother white leghorn) to lay at 8 weeks?

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

Yes, there is no way she laid an egg! Can you post a picture of her, and another of the egg?

 

[pittmanbirds]

All the rest of the chickens we have have ever laid an egg that small since they laid pullet eggs and that was a year to 2 years ago

 

[pittmanbirds]

I have 5 white egg layers all white leghorns and 1 (in question) hen. I got 5 regular large white eggs and one pulet sized egg

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

Sometimes hens have glitches in their egg laying system and they'll lay small eggs; the really tiny ones are often called fairy or fart eggs. An 8 week old pullet is not mature enough to lay eggs.

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

Are you sure of the age? Can you post a picture of the pullet?

 

[pittmanbirds]

Hatched 1-15-17 7 weeks 2 days would have been one of these 2

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

Hatched 1-15-17 7 weeks 2 days would have been one of these 2

Well the first one is a cockerel, and the second might be a pullet. Not sure atm. But she didn't lay an egg; too young.

 

[pittmanbirds]

Its ungheard of of one hen to lay 2 eggs in less then 2 hours aint it?

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

Its ungheard of of one hen to lay 2 eggs in less then 2 hours aint it?

Yes, it is physically impossible. Could you have missed an egg a different day? Especially if it was small, it could've gotten hidden. That's pretty common.