Mystery egg

[Kitty135]

I was walking through a large field 2 weeks old and I came across a strange egg. There were no towers or trees anywhere near by so it couldn't have fallen. The egg was a bit larger than an average chicken egg an had a sort of off-white tint to it. The thing that surprised me the most was it's thickness! I thought someone dropped a ceramic egg at first! I literally had to hit it against a metal pole in order to crack it in half! The yolk was VERY dark orange. What kind of egg could this be? Also, the field was far from my house and wasn't mine. It looked somewhat like a lawn that hasn't been cared for in years except much larger. Please help!!

 

[LindsayB]

I don't know, thats weird. Whatever it was you killed it and may never know. LOL

 

[Kitty135]

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It was a cold Day, so I suspect it wasn't exactly living when I found it on the ground

 

[LindsayB]

Maybe a raccoon or something took an egg out of a nest nearby and forgot about it, or couldn't crack it..

I wasn't being mean about the killing it thing, I was just joking. Its been a boring day...

 

[Kitty135]

But what kind of egg was it? It did NOT look like a chicken egg

 

[acrossthebranch]

Where do you live? I'm guessing canadian goose. They are laying now, and my husband found one the other day in the dirt on our dam. It had a really dark yolk and was very hard to crack. It was the size of my palm -- huge!!

 

[ThompsonFunnyFarm12]

I woulfassume Canadian goose for certain there are a tone around me!

 

[Kitty135]

Same here. We live in northern/central IL, so I bet you're right!

 

[akcountrygrrl]

Sounds like either a goose or duck egg. Goose eggs will be markedly larger than chicken eggs while duck eggs will only be slightly larger. Both will have that kind of waxy bloom on them and be very hard shelled.