Is this a chicken egg?

[3DLivestock]

So I have about nine chickens in my chicken coop. Three of them started laying about a week ago, but the others aren’t supposed to start laying for another four months. So this afternoon I went to check for eggs, when I found this tiny egg in the nesting box. I have had chickens before, so I knew puller eggs were small. But when I saw this I knew it was too small to be true, right? The only reason I am questioning it is because I have a hen that is laying that lays eggs like that, but then I also have two pullets that will lay eggs like that. Those two aren’t supposed to lay eggs for a while. I don’t think it’s a chicken egg, but I just wanted to be sure.

 

[HappyClucker7]

It could be a fairy egg.

 

[3DLivestock]

 

[coconutprincess]

Yes that’s a chicken egg! If you crack it open you will find most likely just white, no yolk. I have had several of these from hens who have been laying for years. I think with extended summer daylight hours their egg cycle gets a bit ahead of itself but not enough to produce a fully formed egg. Crazy, right?

 

[sourland]

It's a 'fairy' or 'fart' egg - happens sometimes at either the beginning or end of a laying cycle.

 

[HappyClucker7]

A fairy egg is a real thing.
https://www.fresheggsdaily.blog/2017/04/what-is-fairy-egg-and-why-do-chickens.html

 

[MGG]

A fairy egg is a real thing.
https://www.fresheggsdaily.blog/2017/04/what-is-fairy-egg-and-why-do-chickens.html

X2. It's a fairy egg (or fart egg, as I call them).

 

[3DLivestock]

Yes that’s a chicken egg! If you crack it open you will find most likely just white, no yolk. I have had several of these from hens who have been laying for years. I think with extended summer daylight hours their egg cycle gets a bit ahead of itself but not enough to produce a fully formed egg. Crazy, right?

Ok. I had talked to some people about it and they said it looked like an American kestrel egg, but I thought that was very unlikely since there were me kestrel nests around.

 

[Chicalina]

only one way to find out!

 

[Punkybrewster]

O put my fairy eggs in a bowl and save them on a shelf. In a few months they dry out. Never had one rot.
Try it if you like to save oddities.