Teeny, tiny egg

[Allietag]

I have 7 hens that free range. For the most part, they lay their eggs either in the nesting boxes or in a nest that they all love in a rabbit cage (no rabbits in there). Today, when I got the eggs I found a teeny, tiny egg. All 7 hens are a little over a year old. The only other birds on the place are two peahens and I know this isn't one of their eggs. Is this just a fluke or an indication of something wrong?

 

[chickensrus2]

Im not quite sure, but a small egg might indicate a lack of calcium or she just might lay small eggs. it could also just be that one egg that's small.

 

[Allietag]

This is a first for us...

 

[Spartan22]

Regressing? Ready to molt maybe?

 

[N F C]

There's an interesting article about egg quality problems in the Learning Center. Your tiny egg is known as a "fart" or "fairy" egg, see #14 on the article:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/common-egg-quality-problems

Hope that helps.

 

[aart]

Probably just a fluke....if it's really hot out and maybe she's not drinking enough.

 

[Ridgerunner]

There are a lot of different parts to a hen’s internal egg making factory. On occasion something gets messed up and you get a strange egg from a hen that normally lays perfectly good eggs. That could be the egg you got, a double yolked egg, a soft shelled egg, a white egg from a hen that normally lays a brown egg, a deformed egg or egg with strange things on the shell. As long as it does not happen on a regular basis there is nothing to worry about.