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Wanna see the BIGGEST egg ever? - Updated!

Discussion in 'Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying' started by Illia, Oct 21, 2010.

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  1. Oct 21, 2010 #1
    Illia

    Illia Crazy for Colors

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    So today I was just going out, minding my own business, collecting a bunch of eggs, then suddenly. . . . I grabbed this enormous, monstrous freak of nature!!

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    It is obviously from a new Marans pullet, and just looks pale because the color has been sprayed over such a vast surface. . . (none of my Marans normally lay this pale of eggs) but golly I feel SOO sorry for the poor girl who had to pass this boulder!!

    And to REALLY get an idea of size, here's it against normal eggs. . .

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    I've come a cross a LOT of double yolkers, freakishly big eggs (and not double yolkers) and so on. . . But nothing like this guy. I weighed it, and it was 6 ounces.
     
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  3. Oct 21, 2010 #2
    b.hromada

    b.hromada Flock Mistress

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    [​IMG] Thats huge!!!!
     
  5. Oct 21, 2010 #3
    kristen2678

    kristen2678 Chillin' With My Peeps

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    I wonder if it's an egg inside an egg? Crack it open!!!!
     
  7. Oct 21, 2010 #4
    sonew123

    sonew123 Poultry Snuggie

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    Oh that poor poor girl! I guess thats how a women would feel if she delivered twins naturally? LOL...
     
  9. Oct 21, 2010 #5
    Chicky Tocks

    Chicky Tocks [IMG]emojione/assets/png/2666.png?v=2.2.7[/IMG] Ru

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    Somewhere out there, you've got a bowlegged hen....
     
  11. Oct 21, 2010 #6
    cluckcluck42

    cluckcluck42 Chillin' With My Peeps

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    Holy geez, you need to find that hen and give it a hug and a pep talk. It hurts just looking at that.

    Are you gonna open it up and see if theres a triple yolker in there??
     
  13. Oct 21, 2010 #7
    gritsar

    gritsar Cows, Chooks & Impys - OH MY!

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    Quote:[​IMG] [​IMG]
     
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  15. Oct 21, 2010 #8
    Matt A NC

    Matt A NC Overrun With Chickens

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    The only time I got one that size, it was an egg in an egg. The inside egg was a Jumbo. The hen didn't lay again for a week and then only laid Large eggs for 2 weeks.

    Matt
     
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  17. Oct 21, 2010 #9
    Year of the Rooster

    Year of the Rooster Sebright Savvy

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    Owwwww!! What was she doing, building a nuclear warhead?! [​IMG] Imagine if that thing ever ripened [​IMG]
     
  19. Oct 21, 2010 #10
    BethieofVA

    BethieofVA Chillin' With My Peeps

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    Crack that baby open!!!
     
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