I found this tiny "fart egg" in my nest box 🐔

[Quirky Quail]

I keep Pekin Bantams and I have a 4 month old pullet that I hatched from their eggs under a broody. (Her name is Mushroom )
And today I found this tiny egg in the nest box (see below) and I was wondering if she could've layed it?
I've kept chickens of all shapes and sizes for years and I've never had this happen before
If anyone has any ideas that would be most helpful
Jen

 

[OmnipotentOrpington]

I don't know if it's hers, but it could just be a fairy egg.

 

[IamRainey]

It's not a big deal. Probably just doesn't contain a yolk. No idea why that happens sometimes but it isn't likely to happen again more than occasionally in a hen's lifespan.

 

[Ihavesomechickens]

Normally yolk less eggs are caused by a piece of tissue breaking off the hens reproductive track near the ovaries, and the body mistaking it for a yolk.

It may just be a pullet egg. Does it have a yolk?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

No, I don’t think it belongs to her.

 

[IamRainey]

Normally yolk less eggs are caused by a piece of tissue breaking off the hens reproductive track near the ovaries, and the body mistaking it for a yolk.

Thanks! Learned something new!

 

[aart]

Normally yolk less eggs are caused by a piece of tissue breaking off the hens reproductive track near the ovaries, and the body mistaking it for a yolk.

Yep, or an immature ova(tiny under-formed yolk).
I think it's explained in this excellent video, which is worth watching regardless:

 

[Lovem all]

could be hers I had a full grown laying hen lay two identical tiny eggs half the size of a guineas

 

[IamRainey]

Thanks, part! That was wonderfully instructive.