Smallest egg I've ever seen!!

[Paulinefrn]

Back in September, my hen hei-hei layed this adorable little egg. Took some photos, and when I cracked it there was even a little yolk inside! I was already pretty impressed at the size of this one...

But today, I stumbled upon the monster of all tiny eggs.. I don't know how it even is possible for a hen to lay such a small egg!
Not even sure who layed it, as they all lay in the same nesting box.

Length: 9mm
Width: 8mm

Im wondering if there's even anything inside.. The shell seems pretty thick

But there you go, that was my discovery of the day

 

[nuthatched]

Y'all have confused Hummingbirds hanging around?

 

[cmom]

Over the years now and then I have gotten tiny eggs. Most of the ones I have opened were just the whites but have also had some with a tiny yolk.

 

[featheredplanets]

Made my day with that! It’s like a mint, not sure I’d want to crunch it though lol

 

[Paulinefrn]

Soo guys. I feel kinda dumb because I was so convinced it was a chicken egg..
But I found another one today

Alright, it can't be a chicken egg. They couldn't have layed an egg this small twice in a row! I opened one of them..

Couldn't get a better photo, but the egg shell is much thinner than I thought but was still very though... And some small blood vessels. Well, I should have tried candelling it or something before opening it ( feel really bad now.

I'm pretty sure it's from a gecko, and I might try to hatch the other one? There's definitely something going on in there, some blood vessels and some development.

I think what caught me off guard was how similar the colours were to my actual chicken eggs, and how strong the shell was for such a small egg.. And also how I found it with the other eggs!

I'll go look tomorrow to see If I can find any others buried in the straw.

 

[BGcoop]

Well now that sounds like fun! Hatching an egg with no idea what animal you are going to get!!!

 

[cmom]

This was my largest egg.

This is one of my oddest eggs.

 

[Paulinefrn]

Well now that sounds like fun! Hatching an egg with no idea what animal you are going to get!!!

Can't tell if this is supposed to be sarcastic I'm actually looking it up right now and I'm pretty sure it's a tropical house gecko.. We have quite a lot of them around and the eggs are very similar to the one I have. Plus, the ambiant temperature is hot enough and there's no need for an incubator or anything! This is actually pretty exciting

 

[Paulinefrn]

Cute! I'd be surprised if it had a yolk...looking forward to seeing what's inside.

I don't know if there's even egg white, with the thickness of the shell. I'll post an update whenever I make an omelet!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

A flock of hens always select just one or two nests as their favorite. I've even seen 2 and 3 hens in the same nest at the same time.
Creatures of habit.
It must have been a wind egg. Perhaps a piece of tissue sloughed off entering the oviduct which started the process of adding albumen and an egg shell with no yolk.