Weird Egg Thread! Put your strange eggs here!

[Dos Locos Polackos Acres]

I got a fart egg today. It's the size of a quarter

I have to laugh at your term "fact egg". I'm new to chickens so is that a technical term or yours? Either way the image it conjured in my mind...

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I have to laugh at your term "fact egg". I'm new to chickens so is that a technical term or yours? Either way the image it conjured in my mind...

Technical.

 

[member 592157]

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Wow that's huge! I think I've only ever gotten a double-yolker once. But I wouldn't know if my customers have.

 

[member 592157]

I have to laugh at your term "fact egg". I'm new to chickens so is that a technical term or yours? Either way the image it conjured in my mind...

A fart egg or fairy, oops, or rooster egg, is a really tiny egg. There is post on egg quality problems by eggsighted4life further back in the thread if you wanna read more.

 

[chickenlittle21]

"fact egg"

"fart egg"

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Wow! Those are all very unique!

Yeah. The largest was the first egg that she ever got egg bound by. Hers usually are between the middle egg and the regular egg sidewise

 

[member 592157]

Yeah. The largest was the first egg that she ever got egg bound by. Hers usually are between the middle egg and the regular egg sidewise

Okay. Thankfully I haven't had any egg-bound yet. Hopefully I never do! That terrifies me!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Okay. Thankfully I haven't had any egg-bound yet. Hopefully I never do! That terrifies me!

It scared me too. She normally lays such big eggs, I knew it was a problem when she couldn't lay this one. Thankfully she had a hard shell for this one (most of her eggs hardly have shells unfortunately)

 

[aart]

A fart egg or fairy, oops, or rooster egg, is a really tiny 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.

I think it's explained in this excellent video, which is worth watching regardless:

 

[Mamatomany123]

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.

I think it's explained in this excellent video, which is worth watching regardless:

This one came from a brand new layer
She's only been laying around a week or so. Hoping that's why it happened and doesnt signify any issues later on.