This is Different!

[City Cajun]

This morning I went out to check on my garden and chickens and found a somewhat surprising egg in the nest. I have eight hens and there were seven eggs in the nest. The surprise was that there was a tiny egg the size of a quail egg. I have never seen full grown chickens lay an egg this size before.





BTW, I usually have one white egg daily so, I guess that hen hadn't layed her egg yet. Should be there tonight when I get home.

 

[Nsampsel]

Looks like a Welsumer egg. Do you have a young Welsumer who is just starting to lay? Or maybe a bantum? That's a bantum-sized egg.

 

[redstarmama]

We had the same thing happen. Our hens lay large to jumbo eggs and one day we had one the size of the end of a thumb. It was just a fluke. It never happened again.

 

[TallChickMagnet]

It's a Fart Egg, something that I just learned about...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/662018/fart-eggs

 

[Nsampsel]

Yes, could be a fart egg as well...whichever one usually lays your spotted eggs gave you a present

 

[City Cajun]

They're all one year old and I have no Welsumer or batams. I'll be watching for more now.

 

[City Cajun]

WEll, everything's back to normal. Eight hens and yesterday evening I picked up eight nic eggs.