Tiny Egg

[fesperman58]

I have a small flock of 8 hens and 2 roosters. I am getting about 5 eggs per day ranging in size from grocery store medium to larger than grocery store x-large eggs. Earlier this week, though, we found a tiny egg in one of our nests. I have posted a picture below next to a normal size egg.

Is this normal? Why is this egg so small?

 

[Fleabuskitty]

How long have your hens been laying for? Hens that haven't been laying long will often lay weird eggs, like extra small, soft-shelled, or miscolored eggs. Sometimes hens that have been laying for a while lay weird eggs, too, and there's usually no explanation, it's just kinda random.
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[duckinnut]

First of all

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How old are your girls? This a typical occurrence in pullets. It has been called many things but mostly a fart egg. Young chickens are just getting their egg factories up to speed and will sometimes lay them. I have two myself. Completely normal. I think it would be safe to say that more people have gotten one of those egg farts than not.

 

[City Chicken Lady]

I have four Rhode Island Red mixed hens. For two days I have gotten tiny eggs after getting regular eggs. The first one was brown and the next day it was pinkish. These girls are a year old this month and have been laying pretty good for about six months. From the threads it sounds like it is nothing to worry about?

 

[nurse_turtle]

It's a fart egg and most likely has no yolk. It's a perfectly normal, although strange, occurrence.

 

[City Chicken Lady]

Well, I'm a worry wort but I'm glad to hear that "occasional" tiny eggs are normal.

 

[chickeninfested]

Well it might be something that I've only seen once, a yolk only egg!