Unusual egg size question

[ed33935]

One of my hens normally lays eggs about the size you see on the left of this photo. Today she layed the egg on the right. Is that unusual? It is for her. Anything I should be concerned about?

 

[AinaWGSD]

Nothing to worry about! It's normal for hens (and pullets) to sometimes lay small eggs. They even have fun names like fairy egg or fart egg! Sometimes these tiny eggs l have a yolk just like a regular egg, sometimes they're yolkless.

 

[aart]

One of my hens normally lays eggs about the size you see on the left of this photo. Today she layed the egg on the right. Is that unusual? It is for her. Anything I should be concerned about?

Pretty sure those eggs did not come from the same bird as the one on the right appears to have a blue shell base, while the one on the left has white shell base. That can't happen in the same bird.

 

[AinaWGSD]

Pretty sure those eggs did not come from the same bird as the one on the right appears to have a blue shell base, while the one on the left has white shell base. That can't happen in the same bird.

I think op is just saying the hen that laid the small green egg usually lays eggs the size of the brown one, not that she laid both eggs. Kinda like a "banana for scale" thing.

 

[aart]

I think op is just saying the hen that laid the small green egg usually lays eggs the size of the brown one, not that she laid botheggs. Kinda like a "banana for scale" thing.

Ah, got it.

Well then, It's not that much smaller.
Probably not small enough to be a fairy egg,
which are usually smaller than the size of a quarter dollar coin.
Depends on what's inside the egg.
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 older layers.

 

[ed33935]

Nothing to worry about! It's normal for hens (and pullets) to sometimes lay small eggs. They even have fun names like fairy egg or fart egg! Sometimes these tiny eggs l have a yolk just like a regular egg, sometimes they're yolkless.

Thanks so much

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Oops. Trying again.

What I'm TRYING to say is: I save my fairy eggs. They will dry out. Check out the pysanky thread for ideas on painting them.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/pysanky-.1641422/

 

[SilkieMom0406]

I am just wondering what breed of chickens you have because I want to figure out if it is from a different chicken or not.
what breed(s) do you have?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Here's my collection of fairy / rooster / fart eggs. The ones on the left are pretty much normal size, I collected them because of their unusual colors (and they are "blown").

 

[SilkieMom0406]

One of my hens normally lays eggs about the size you see on the left of this photo. Today she layed the egg on the right. Is that unusual? It is for her. Anything I should be concerned about?

It could also be a fairy egg. Is it heavy or does it at least have a little bit of weight?