Tiny egg with a double yolk!

[Revan]

Wanted to share this. When collecting eggs today, my mother and I found a teeny tiny little egg. A 'fart' egg. However, upon cracking it open, we were surprised to find that not only did it have a yolk, but it was a double yolk to boot! I just had to take a picture.

 

[DobieLover]

That's amazing!

 

[coach723]

Wow! My fairy/fart eggs have always been all white or white and a tiny bit of yolk or tissue, never saw a tiny double yolker!

 

[KikiLeigh02]

Wow! That is an adorable double-yolker!

 

[aart]

Cool Beans!!
Tell us about the bird that laid it(if you know)....new layer...or...??

 

[chickens really]

Pullet egg. Fart eggs have nothing in them..

 

[Revan]

Cool Beans!!
Tell us about the bird that laid it(if you know)....new layer...or...??

It came from my Silkie coop, so it's definitely a bantam egg, and I do have a few young ones in there from this past spring so it's likely a first egg for one of the young ones or an oddity from one of my older birds. Wouldn't be the first time I had an older bird lay a very small egg.

Pullet egg. Fart eggs have nothing in them..

Ah, well, it was a super tiny egg, even for a bantam. Guess I've never had a fart egg then. All the teeny tiny eggs I've ever gotten have had something in them, even if it was just egg white, though it's a first for me to ever see two yolks in such a small egg. The egg itself wasn't much bigger than the dime in my hand in the photo.

 

[Matzwd]

That's amazing! I thought you were holding a quarter until you pointed out it was a dime. Do you have a pic of the egg before cracking?

 

[BYCforlife]

Speaking of Silkies, what age did yours start laying at? Mine are the same age as my laying hens who started a month ago, but my Silkies haven't laid a single egg.

 

[Stacyoung13]

Speaking of Silkies, what age did yours start laying at? Mine are the same age as my laying hens who started a month ago, but my Silkies haven't laid a single egg.

I just got my first Silkie egg Monday, mine are 6 months old. I was told that it could take up to a year. Depending on chicken.