Now that's a tiny egg!

[HenriettaPizzaNolan]

My Barnevelder, Nance, laid her first egg yesterday. First eggs are always a bit smaller and rounder, but this one was by far the smallest I've ever seen! Hopefully you guys get a laugh out of it like I did. It is about the size of a grape!

This weekend we'll crack it open when we make breakfast. I wonder if it even has a yolk.

Congrats, Nance! We're so proud.

 

[GracePoultry]

I've always wanted to get a fairy egg!! But in my 5 years of poultry keeping I still haven't got one. There's always hope though right

 

[Bockbockbaboq]

Wow. That's so tiny!

 

[WingItRanch]

That last picture is priceless!!! Love it.

 

[MountainWoman73]

Haha. Good job Nance! Here's Bernice's first egg:

 

[HenriettaPizzaNolan]

Haha. Good job Nance! Here's Bernice's first egg:View attachment 4072052

Awww! Good job, Bernice!

 

[HenriettaPizzaNolan]

I've always wanted to get a fairy egg!! But in my 5 years of poultry keeping I still haven't got one. There's always hope though right

That's one with no yolk, right? Or does that just mean tiny egg?

 

[GracePoultry]

That's one with no yolk, right? Or does that just mean tiny egg?

Just a tiny egg! sometimes they are called a "fart egg"

Sometimes they'll have a yolk but not always

 

[Sally PB]

That last picture is priceless!!! Love it.

You should submit it for the caption contest.

 

[aart]

That's one with no yolk, right? Or does that just mean tiny egg?

Just a tiny egg! sometimes they are called a "fart egg"

Well.....
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 older layers.