Teeny Tiny Egg complete with Teeny Tiny yolk and white

[grnidone]

Anyone ever see this before? What is it? All my hens have laid eggs before. (The white is a bit cold, so it is stiff.)

 

[aart]

Yeppers!
Fairy, fart, wind, rooster eggs are usually from a tiny piece of tissue breaking loose from the reproductive tract, or an immature ova(yolk) and the body forms an egg around it. Color can be darker than 'normal' as the pigment coating released has to cover a much smaller area so is thicker. Can happen with any age layer, but more common with new or older layers.

 

[Melky]

Anyone ever see this before? What is it? All my hens have laid eggs before. (The white is a bit cold, so it is stiff.)

Do you own bantams?

 

[grnidone]

No. I have 2 sex-links and one old lady Barred Rock who hasn't laid in a year.

 

[grnidone]

I just can't believe how perfect it is! It's a beautiful little egg, with a perfect yolk and white...just tiny!

 

[Melky]

No. I have 2 sex-links and one old lady Barred Rock who hasn't laid in a year.

Oh I have the same birds. Small eggs may get bigger as matures if young and older hens may vary in size.

 

[aart]

I just can't believe how perfect it is! It's a beautiful little egg, with a perfect yolk and white...just tiny!

That's an immature yolk....so not so 'perfect'.
But, yeah, the miniaturization is amazing.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Sometimes an intestinal worm will make a wrong turn in a hens digestive tract and wind up in her uterus. The hens body reads the worm as an egg yoke and she will dutifully deposit some egg white on it and encase the worm, egg white, and egg yoke in a shell and deposit it in her nest.

 

[aart]

Sometimes an intestinal worm will make a wrong turn in a hens digestive tract and wind up in her uterus. The hens body reads the worm as an egg yoke and she will dutifully deposit some egg white on it and encase the worm, egg white, and egg yoke in a shell and deposit it in her nest.

Geezz George, Mr. always worst case horrific scenario. SHM.

A worm would have to go way up past the uterus(shell gland) to be encased in albumen and membrane....pretty damn rare.

 

[Alexandra33]

My goodness, that's marvelous!

I've seen plenty of fart eggs, but never one complete with an underdeveloped yolk inside.

~Alex