Teeny tiny first egg from old english game hen

[Peke's Poultry]

I got an old english game hen from a show in September, she's a year and half old. The last few days she's been hanging around the coop looking for a quiet spot. Yesterday I saw her leave from behind the nesting boxes and there was this teeny, teeny egg! The first she's laid for me - man, is it ever going to be hard to find them if she's laying them wherever!

I cracked it open, and there was a wee little peanut shaped yolk inside - impossible to tell if it was fertile but can you imagine the size of the chick if it was?

 

[theoldchick]

That has to win the prize for smallest egg ever! (Or somebody had giant hands!)

 

[cravenchx]

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[elmo]

How big is the hen? I have some bantams that only weigh about a pound, and they lay very small eggs...although not as small as that, usually. I did get one egg that was no bigger than a ringneck dove egg from one of them, but that was yolkless.

The smallest fully formed eggs our bantams lay weigh in the range of 24-26 grams.

 

[cochunk]

looks like you got a fart egg.

 

[moose tracker]

I got an egg about the same size out of a rhode island red that has been laying normal size egg up until this one.?????? I haven't craceked yet.

 

[SilkieChicken4]

Yup... that's a fart egg.

Congrats! I think fart eggs are so funny... just the thought of my chickens farting out an egg is hilarious!!!

#ROFL