My chicken laid an egg the size of grape!

[BawkBawk123]

Is it normal for a chicken to lay very small eggs? She is a Dorking chicken. However she is very skinny for her breed. I haven’t opened the egg yet, so I don’t know what’s inside. Here’s a picture of the small egg and her normal egg.

 

[SueT]

Is it normal for a chicken to lay very small eggs? She is a Dorking chicken. However she is very skinny for her breed. I haven’t opened the egg yet, so I don’t know what’s inside. Here’s a picture of the small egg and her normal eggs.View attachment 1817277

It's called a fairy egg. Crack it open and take a pic---often they have no yolk. Occasional fairy eggs are nothing to be concerned about!

 

[Pretty Birds]

Every now and then my hens lay one of those. Nothing to be concerned about.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

It's called a fairy egg. Crack it open and take a pic---often they have no yolk. Occasional fairy eggs are nothing to be concerned about!

I've gotten these before but I didnt know they were called fairy eggs! What an adorable name for an adorable egg!

 

[sylviethecochin]

I've gotten these before but I didnt know they were called fairy eggs! What an adorable name for an adorable egg!

They're also called fart eggs...

 

[GC-Raptor]

I got fairy eggs from my Hens after molt.
I also got them from my Barred Rock pullets when they started to lay. I still have the smallest one. It was a 1/4 ounce/7grams. . Shown next to a Jumbo 2.5 ounce/71 grams and the largest egg I ever got, 3.7 ounces/105 grams. GC

 

[aart]

Fairy, fart, wind, rooster eggs are usually from a tiny piece of tissue breaking loose from the reproductive tract, or an immature ova(yolk) and the body forms an egg around it. Color can be darker than 'normal' as the pigment coating released has to cover a much smaller area so is thicker. Can happen with any age layer, but more common with new or older layers.

I think it's explained in this excellent video, which is worth watching regardless: