Smallest egg ever!

[GC-Raptor]

In 4 years of keeping chickens. Today I found the smallest egg ever under the roost.
It was in my Barred Rocks coop and I found it when I checked for eggs after 9 am.
I believe it was laid overnight. I didn't see it when I opened the coop at 5 am.

The strange thing is all my hens have been laying for weeks. So it wasn't the first egg since they resumed laying from winter break.
The previous small egg weighed 7 Grams. Today's egg weighed 4 Grams.

Here it is next to the previous small egg.

My Barred Rocks are 19 months old. GC

 

[BitterSweetCitrus]

Oh my lord that's hilarious! I have silkies, and I thought their eggs were small!

 

[GC-Raptor]

Oh my lord that's hilarious! I have silkies, and I thought their eggs were small!

Yeah, their regular eggs average large to XL. . GC

 

[BitterSweetCitrus]

https://www.google.com/search?q=sma...0l5j69i60l2.7088j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 I just found this, I don't think it's the smallest egg

 

[GC-Raptor]

https://www.google.com/search?q=sma...0l5j69i60l2.7088j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 I just found this, I don't think it's the smallest egg

Bummer. I just quickly measured mine, it's about 2.3 CM. GC

 

[BitterSweetCitrus]

Almost there! Maybe the next egg will be smaller?

 

[CrazyCrttr75]

In 4 years of keeping chickens. Today I found the smallest egg ever under the roost.
It was in my Barred Rocks coop and I found it when I checked for eggs after 9 am.
I believe it was laid overnight. I didn't see it when I opened the coop at 5 am.

The strange thing is all my hens have been laying for weeks. So it wasn't the first egg since they resumed laying from winter break.
The previous small egg weighed 7 Grams. Today's egg weighed 4 Grams.View attachment 2071437View attachment 2071438
Here it is next to the previous small egg.View attachment 2071443
My Barred Rocks are 19 months old. GC

I wish I would have thought to weigh this little egg that I found in one of the nest boxes today. I’ve never had one of my girls lay a fairy egg before but I am assuming that is what it was. My girls have been in full production mode and laying for over a month now. I’m so curious as to which hen laid it. I just don’t know.

This is it after I cracked it open.

Craziest thing I have seen.

 

[GC-Raptor]

I wish I would have thought to weigh this little egg that I found in one of the nest boxes today. I’ve never had one of my girls lay a fairy egg before but I am assuming that is what it was. My girls have been in full production mode and laying for over a month now. I’m so curious as to which hen laid it. I just don’t know.
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This is it after I cracked it open.
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Craziest thing I have seen.

Wow, it's got a yolk.
From what I've read Fairy eggs don't usually have a yolk.
That's amazing. GC

 

[BitterSweetCitrus]

Dang that's crazy!!

 

[CrazyCrttr75]

Wow, it's got a yolk.
From what I've read Fairy eggs don't usually have a yolk.
That's amazing. GC

I know! That is what is so crazy about this. I thought at first maybe it was from some other animal, like a snake or lizard or something? It was a hard shell. Not easy to crack open. No eggs have gone missing and my girls are in and out of the box often enough that if a snake was around I think I would know about it. I just don't know. I hope whichever girl laid it is ok. I will keep an eye out on them.

ETA: Ya know, I wish I would have talked to my hubby and did google/research before I post so I wouldn't look so dumb. I found out that snake eggs are leathery. So there is that. And we have these little lizards and my hubby reminded me that I actually found a nest on the ground once. Had these itty bitty eggs. Then a curious hen came over to see what the fuss was about and quickly ate them up. So they are probably soft as well. I need a facepalm emoji lol!