Matilda has laid a giant egg...does this happen often???

[no1boxermom]

Matilda is a buff giant cochin and laid this egg weighing almost 8 oz and 4 inches long!

 

[azulrooster]

my white leghorns do that on occasion....not sure why

 

[nurse_turtle]

It does happen from time to time and is not uncommon and does not indicate that anything is wrong with her. Just check her bum to make sure it didn't cause a prolapse. The egg is most likely a double yolker. Maybe she's an over-achiever.

 

[mamas farm]

we get those too from our chickens I am not sure which hens lays them our Road island red's,or the barred Rock hens . I have also seen tiny eggs a while back when our hen started laying and our duck layed one too the big brown egg is normal size ..

 

[StarLover21]

That's a big'un! It's normal, as long as it's every once and a while, especially for first year layers

 

[Mum]

Ouch!

 

[lorain's fids]

That had to hurt coming out--poor Matilda.

 

[CountryBoy19]

8 oz?

Isn't the world record 7 oz?

Sounds like you may have a record egg on your hands...

 

[no1boxermom]

I have been researching the record egg. I will need to weigh the egg on a digital scale to be sure. It measures as large in cm as the record egg!

 

[rswartz]

The largest chicken egg I could find online was from China and weighed 201 grams. After working on the conversion, it was about 7.09 ounces. I hope you contacted Guiness on that one!