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

 

[featheredplanets]

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

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

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

 

[HAPPYCHICKENLADY17]

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... View attachment 2005315

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.

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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

OH MY

 

[nuthatched]

Y'all have confused Hummingbirds hanging around?

 

[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!

 

[Paulinefrn]

Y'all have confused Hummingbirds hanging around?

That was my first reaction but it's definitely a chicken egg

 

[ChickenCanoe]

That's pretty small even for a chicken wind egg.
Could a parrot have laid in the nest.
A friend of mine has several species of parrots and at least one lays eggs exactly like that.

 

[Paulinefrn]

That's pretty small even for a chicken wind egg.
Could a parrot have laid in the nest.
A friend of mine has several species of parrots and at least one lays eggs exactly like that.

We do have parrots where I live but they are all much larger.
I don't see how another bird could have made its way into the coop anyways, I found the egg before I opened the run.
All the eggs layed that day are usually in the same nesting box (no idea why they do that. It's not always the same nesting box but all eggs are always together) and today the small egg was with the other ones.
Besides, if it was an egg layed by a smaller species, the egg shell would be very thin and I would probably have crushed it by now.
I was really surprised aswell, I thought there's no way a chicken layed that. But now I'm convinced it was one of my hens!

 

[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.