Pullet egg or just an unusual egg?

[Bennett Road Chickens]

Hi All,
We just found the strange egg in the photo below this morning. It has a hard and fully-formed shell, but it's tiny (dollar bill and normal egg for scale). The hens in our flock include a leghorn, a silkie, two asian blacks, and a golden comet. Our chicks are a one-month old half leghorn/half silkie, a three-week old half asian black/half silkie, and a three-week old half golden comet/half silkie.

We're pretty new to this, but our chicks are too young the be laying, right? We've been getting about 2 eggs a day lately. The leghorn and the silkie stopped laying when they got broody and still aren't laying because they're raising chicks. I think one of the remaining 3 hens stopped laying, too. Is it common to get little eggs like this when a hen starts laying again, or is this a pullet egg? I don't think our oldest chick is going to lay brown eggs (if it's even a pullet, which we don't know).

Any opinions? Thanks in advance for your input!

 

[Criticalicious]

Yes, after a moult or broody period, it can take time for a hen's system to get back to normal.

 

[Bennett Road Chickens]

Thanks, that makes sense. The golden comet and the two asian black hens are the only ones who lay brown eggs in the flock. We've only been getting two eggs a day, so one of those three is probably gearing up to start laying again.

 

[Chickassan]

Yep, those little eggs show up whenever anything is starting up, slowing down, or refreshing.
Normal and you've got to admit, pretty cute.

 

[Bennett Road Chickens]

Normal and you've got to admit, pretty cute.

LOL!

 

[Chickassan]

Well they are cute, probably not if you're really hungry though.

LOL!

 

[Ebony Rose]

As a side note, those are totally safe to eat, but won't have a yolk.

 

[BjaJra826]

I love fairy eggs! Sometimes they have a yolk, but it is super small like the rest of the egg. Sonetimes it is yolk-less. Once I got one that was almost all yolk and very little whites.

 

[Bennett Road Chickens]

As a side note, those are totally safe to eat, but won't have a yolk.

Interesting! It'll probably be included as something a little bit extra in my next egg breakfast.

 

[Bennett Road Chickens]

I love fairy eggs! Sometimes they have a yolk, but it is super small like the rest of the egg. Sonetimes it is yolk-less. Once I got one that was almost all yolk and very little whites.

LOL! "Fairy eggs"! That's a new one on me, but I'm just learning!