Tiny egg

[reluctant farmer]

We got a tiny egg today. What causes this, is it something to worry about? They weren't this small when they were young.

 

[reluctant farmer]

This it's the egg

 

[aart]

Probably just a glitch....I'd not worry unless it continues.
What's inside?

 

[Ridgerunner]

Yeah, there are various names for those eggs, fairy eggs or fart eggs are a couple. Putting the egg together in her internal egg making factory is a fairly complicated process, sometimes there are glitches. You might get a double yolked egg, there is a fair chance that one doesn't even have a yolk. There are thing that have happened that are much weirder than that. You might open an egg and find another fully-formed egg inside, shell and all. Rare but it has happened.

If this is consistent you might have a problem but if it's just a one-off, well we are all entitled to an oops every now and then. No big deal.

 

[reluctant farmer]

Probably just a glitch....I'd not worry unless it continues.
What's inside?

We haven't opened it yet

 

[aart]

We haven't opened it yet

Take pic when you do.

 

[reluctant farmer]

All egg are normal size!

 

[reluctant farmer]

It didn't have a yoke. Just clear thin fluid.

 

[reluctant farmer]

Here it is.

 

[aart]

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.

I think it's explained in this excellent video, which is worth watching regardless:
ttps://youtu.be/G6j13-9Pexw