My chickens like playing jokes on me!

[Robin Green]

Yesterday I went into my chicken coop and my chickens left me a little surprise, literally. In one of my nesting boxes I found a tiny egg. What would cause my chickens to lay such a little egg?

 

[chickenlittle21]

One time a found an egg from my chickens the size of a m & m, not joking.

 

[chickenlittle21]

I have also once found an egg with a picture of a sun on the side. Again, not joking.

 

[neo71665]

It happens. I'd only be worried if all her eggs look like that.

 

[aart]

Yesterday I went into my chicken coop and my chickens left me a little surprise, literally. In one of my nesting boxes I found a tiny egg. What would cause my chickens to lay such a little egg?

What's inside?
How old is bird and how long has she been laying?

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: