sudden tiny egg???

[dftkarin]

I just collected 2 eggs from the nesting box and happened to find this tiny and broken egg stuck in a weird spot - maybe a chicken layed it while sitting on the roost and it rolled off the droppings board and into a weird crevice? (My 4 chickens just started laying this month but they've never layed an egg this small and only twice have I found eggs anywhere but in a nesting box - once on the droppings board and once in the middle of the coop). Should I worry? Its broken like maybe someone pecked it - but its not eaten. It was frozen when I found it. Any thoughts would be very appreciated!!!

 

[WriterofWords]

Well the chicken tried to pass gas...

 

[brooster]

I have had an egg a little smaller then that, it was laying in the run, i doubt they even realize they are laying an egg, probably think they are just going to the bathroom.

 

[marcel]

Don't worry!!! The hen did know she laid an egg. It is called clutching. It is the last egg in a wave or series. She will lay normal eggs again. This is very common in aged(3-5 yr) hens. Used to collect them from rare breed bantam hens. Sign the well may be going dry. Sort of like menopause. doesn't happen overnite. FWIW, regards Marcel

 

[dftkarin]

Menopause??? My chickens are only 7 months old and only just started laying on the past month!!

 

[Lunachick]

They also lay small eggs like that in the beginning of egg laying until they get to a more normal cycle. I've found a few of them like that. Cute aren't they? One of my hens that has been laying for over a year now, was just starting to go into a molt and layed an egg like that. It happens.

 

[sammi]

LOL...some people call them "fart eggs"..

sometimes, if they have a little debris in the egg organs, the body forms a semi-egg around it..
they usually don't have a yolk..or just a speck of yellow.

and as others have posted..could be at the beginning or end of a cycle, or clutch.

I'm always intrigued when I find them..