How big is the biggest egg you've gotten!?

[kattabelly]

Could be a double yolk

It will be, she only started laying a couple of months ago and quite often lays doubles. They aren't usually as big as that though.

 

[RootedTogetherHomestead]

Are you sure it's a fairy or a pullet egg? Both are different Fairies have no yolks and some don't eat but pullets are basically just mini healthy eggs from a young layer.

When I dropped it, there was no yolk! We got a few pullet eggs from the newest layers this week!

 

[Anon112]

The smallest chicken I ever had (a lovely Leghorn named Prudence) used to lay the biggest eggs I've ever gotten. They were too big at times to fit in a "jumbo" sized egg carton. At times I was like "How is this physically possible?!"

 

[Not-so Slick Chicken]

The smallest chicken I ever had (a lovely Leghorn named Prudence) used to lay the biggest eggs I've ever gotten. They were too big at times to fit in a "jumbo" sized egg carton. At times I was like "How is this physically possible?!"

That is unfortunately what white leghorns have been bred to do

Well, except commercial operations and stores need eggs that fit perfectly in the cartons. Any eggs that don't match size or appearance would likely go in kibble, egg-mix, maybe even bakeries.

 

[Anon112]

That is unfortunately what white leghorns have been bred to do

Well, except commercial operations and stores need eggs that fit perfectly in the cartons. Any eggs that don't match size or appearance would likely go in kibble, egg-mix, maybe even bakeries.

Years and years ago my school had the Kindergarten hatch chicks. Then they needed homes and I took some in. This was in the early days of chickening for me. I was really shocked at how often they laid and how big the eggs were.

I have really shifted over the years to breeds that lay less frequently and am focused more on them having good health and long quality lives.

That said, Prudence and her sister Vera were the first chicks I ever hatched, in my upstairs bathroom! I had a horrible coyote attack and almost on a whim put several eggs in an incubator. I loved Prudence and Vera so much.

They both lived about 4-5 years and they were such nice girls.

 

[saving grace]

I've gotten about a dozen ginormous eggs in the few years I've had chickens. Here's the most recent one. The green egg on the right would be considered extra large from the store, for context.

I weighed one of these giant eggs, and it was almost 100 grams!

 

[Anon112]

I've gotten about a dozen ginormous eggs in the few years I've had chickens. Here's the most recent one. The green egg on the right would be considered extra large from the store, for context.
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I weighed one of these giant eggs, and it was almost 100 grams!

What breed laid the huge egg? It looks like some of the whoppers I've gotten from my Delawares!

 

[CombNWattles]

 

[GravityWaves]

My big Buff Orpington used to regularly lay ~80-95g eggs but this was the biggest one I ever got from her at 114g. In the second picture the smaller egg weighed 66g for comparison.

 

[StinkyAcres]

This was from 2009 from my EE, Banana. I guess her egg wasn't particularly large, just really long!