Honey, Who Shrunk The Egg????

[littlehenny]

I was amazed to find this egg in my nest box today. I have never saw a chicken egg this small. All my pullets will be a year old next month. I have 4 Faverolles, 3 Buff Orpingtons, and 1 egyptian Fayoumis and they have all been laying. What I am wondering is ~~~how could a pullet lay a normal size egg and then all of a sudden lay one as small as this??? My pic has a normal size egg to compare the tiny egg to.

 

[Imp]

It's somewhat common in pullets. Called a "wind" or "fart" egg. It's something that some new layers do, till they get all the intricacies of egg laying worked out.

Imp

 

[raimnel]

Normal, we've gotten 2 so far. Ours are new layers some as early as Dec. We blew them out and to our suprise they both had yolks.

 

[littlehenny]

Thanks for y'all's prompt replies! Glad to hear that it is not uncommon and that I don't have wierd pullets. I like the idea of a "fart" egg!!!