TINY EGGS!

[BigBlueHen53]

OP stated hers is a RIR.

 

[sybonbon]

OP

Hello Everyone,
Could someone please tell me what and why my Aracana hens are laying "teeny tiny" eggs. I can not find anything to explain in. The chickens are two years old this March.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Oops, sorry.

 

[sybonbon]

I was getting confused also. Everyone was replying to pickles. Lol

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I think @aart can give us a pretty good explanation of this. Often it happens when a pullet is just coming into lay or an older hen is ending her laying career. Other that, I'm not sure. @aart?

 

[picklestheduck]

I was getting confused also. Everyone was replying to pickles. Lol

Sorry! My bad

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Please pardon my typos. My "arthritis" is particularly bad tonight due to the weather and my hands are really stiff. It's not really arthritis but it amounts to the same thing.

 

[All4Eggz]

I laughed out loud. It was confusingly hilarious .

This is an uncommon instance where usually young, inexperienced layers, or old, getting-close-to-the-end-of-their-laying-life layers lay tiny eggs, a fraction of the size of a normal egg.
These eggs are sometimes called "fart" eggs or "fairy" eggs.

You've replied to my old thread about the tiny eggs.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/tiny-egg-were-talking-penny-sized.1497908/

OP said:

I have gotten four fairy eggs in the past week. All the same color, so I know they are coming from the same chicken, an Easter Egg (Araucana)

It is very uncommon to get multiple fairy/fart eggs in one week, from the same hen.

BTW, Easter Eggers are not Araucana's... Easter Eggers are sometimes made with Araucana's, but they are not considered Araucana's.

Do you have any other Easter Egger hens?

@azygous @Weeg

 

[sybonbon]

I got this last summer from my almost 6 year old Red Sexlink.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Exactly, Ben. To get fairy eggs from a two-yo hen in the middle of her laying career seems a little concerning to me. That's why I was hoping we could get aart or azygous, possibly @Eggcessive to check in. Wondering if this hen is beginning to suffer some kind of reproductive issue or malady. Sure hope not!