Hen only lays "fart eggs"!!!

[ilias_sp]

Hello everyone,
i've got a phoenix hen that started laying like 3 weeks ago,
her fist egg was as tiny as a quail egg, i did a research and i found that is usualy something that happens ether on young hens or too old hens that are about to stop laying...
2 days later i got another fart egg...then i had to put her in a seperate room to make sure that it was her that laying these eggs..finaly here we are, i ve got 8 fart eggs from my white phoenix, the size of the eggs is about the size of a jumbo quail egg.. what could cause so many fart eggs?
Here is a photo of the eggs (in the order they were layed) compared to a quail egg...

 

[AlleysChicks]

These are pullet eggs. Pullets lay small eggs at first that gradually get larger over time.

 

[orrpeople]

Agreed. And, depending on the breed, it can take time for them to finally get to the correct size. My Isbars take almost 6 months to produce a large egg while my 55 Flowery Hens were laying large to jumbo eggs within a few weeks.
I wouldn't worry about it at all!

 

[aart]

Are there yolks in them?
If so, not fart eggs, just pullet eggs.

FYI.....semantics, maybe, but can be important communication terms when discussing chicken behavior.
Female chickens are called pullets until one year of age, then they are called hens.
Male chickens are called cockerels until one year of age, then they are called cocks(or cockbirds or roosters).
Age in weeks or months is always a good thing to note.

 

[ilias_sp]

Hello guys, thanks for the replies,
unfortunatly these arent pullet eggs, they are yolkless, plus i have 2 more phoenix poulets that are exactly the same age as the white phoenix(they were all born 1 of april 2017) and their eggs are way bigger than the white hen's.
Here is a photo, the middle one is from the red phoenix.



(@aart)Thanks for the tip, i didnt know these about age/naming about chickens, altho in my country have exactly something similar about their name/age...

 

[aart]

Sounds like you've got a 'lemon'(slang for malfunctioning product) layer.
Her ovary is not functioning properly,
and they only have one ovary so you maybe out of luck.

What is your country...Spain maybe?(from the 'sp' in your screen name)

 

[ilias_sp]

Im from Greece. well i thought that she might have a malfuctioning ovary but i hoped that maybe she might start laying normal eggs eventually..or at least on her next cycle... altho she is the most friendly chicken in all my flock, really tame!

 

[aart]

Im from Greece. well i thought that she might have a malfuctioning ovary but i hoped that maybe she might start laying normal eggs eventually..or at least on her next cycle... altho she is the most friendly chicken in all my flock, really tame!

Do you mean after she molts at approx 18 months?
Is there anything in the egg....small piece of tissue maybe?
It takes something for the body to form an egg around.
It may start functioning....or not...time will tell.
Hopefully it's not a n infection in there.

Might want to add Greece to your profile location:
It's easy to do and can avoid some confusion.

 

[ilias_sp]

Im not sure if its right, but i count the start of their laying cycle when they lay their first egg, and their cycle "stops" at the exact same day on the next year, which means that the chicken is fully mature, her eggs are gonna be at their optimal size and quality atc..(for some hens this happens sooner, for some others later..)

About the second question, there is only eggwhite inside the egg, no yolk, no tissue...its like she doenst have yolks inside of her...actually the size of the eggs makes comple sense, when there is a yolk, the egg(white and shell) forms around it, now that there is no yolk, and nothing for the eggwhite and shell to form around it, they just build themselfs just by the size of her oviduct...maybe im wrong, but im trying to figure it out in the most logical explanation...

 

[aart]

I always thought that there had to be something moving down the tubes, so to speak, in order for the body to form the rest of the egg around it...why fart eggs often have a tiny piece of tissue broken off from inside the reproductive system in them.
Maybe there is an ova in there but it is absolutely clear so hard to see amongst the albumen?
Not sure tho, it's a mystery.