Very Tiny Egg?

[Aceofflorals]

I'm sure you can imagine my surprise when I found this tiny thing in with my hen's daily eggs!
I've got no idea who laid it, but it's definitely amusing to look at.
We've had soft shelled eggs with tubes coming off the top, soft shelled eggs, double yolkers- the works. But never an egg this tiny.
The potential culprits are a Sicilian Buttercup and a Pavlovskaya (and less likely, an olive egger, Auracauna, or lavender Orpington).

However, if anyone can say it is NOT a chicken egg I may look into incubating it. As far as I know wild birds with eggs this little don't lay unfertilized eggs.

 

[chickenlittle21]

How tiny! An egg that small is called a fart egg.

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

I like the saying....”fairy egg.” It’s not unusual...especially for first time layers.

 

[IamRainey]

Check this thread. Someone recently asked the same question and got answers including a most instructive video on how an egg is formed.

 

[aart]

especially for first time layers.

More likely to come from older layers

 

[Aceofflorals]

Check this thread. Someone recently asked the same question and got answers including a most instructive video on how an egg is formed.

Awesome, I'll have a look around the forums! Thank you! We just heard that another friend of ours got one too. Very interesting that everyone's getting them at the same time