I know first eggs are suposed to be small but this takes the cake!!!

[pamperedpoultry]

Ok, heres a pic of the 2 eggs I got from some young pullets just starting to lay mind you the egg on the left is a bantam egg and the egg on the right also a bantam egg... LOL this tiny thing has blown my mind...

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Oh cute! I keep all of the 'fairy eggs' my girls lay.

Lisa

 

[chicken500]

Hatch it!

 

[Snakeoil]

Yep, I've seen first eggs that small.

 

[wings]

What about this?:

 

[pamperedpoultry]

Well glad to here that lil booger is normal. Thats honestly the smallest one any of mines ever laid. Whats the earliest anyones had a hen to lay (age wise) I'm wondering if it didnt come from one of my 4+ month old pullets. The rest have been laying normal size eggs. Or can they lay normal and then pop up with one of these?

 

[wings]

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I have a chicken-owning friend who gets small eggs from his 13 month old hens.

 

[pamperedpoultry]

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ha ha I just went and compared it to a quarter the quarters bigger...

 

[shelleyd2008]

Yeah, they can lay an itty bitty after they have already started laying. I believe they are usually without yolks, and I think they call them wind eggs? Though not sure on that one. I don't know what causes that to happen.

 

[mudderhen]

They can lay normal size eggs and then lay one of the little ones. Sometimes they have either a very tiny yolk, or none at all. Some people call them rooster eggs or fart eggs. I have only gotten one of them myself, but it was from one of my EE hens and I watched her lay it. All of her other eggs have been normal. But they are neat when you get one.