Why did my 2 month old chicken lay an egg already?

[rajanomm]

My best layer left me an egg in the coop today. My other layer is an afternoon layer, so the kennel eggs were chick eggs.

 

[Liv Grace]

I had the same thing happen... I have three 3 month old pullets that are in a separate pen in my coop. I found a very small egg in the pen, so I know it was one of them. It was white, so i think it came from my leghorn, are they none to lay earlier? I know red sex links lay at 4 months... My leghorn is almost at 4 months. Any answers would be appreciated...

 

[K813ZRA]

I had the same thing happen... I have three 3 month old pullets that are in a separate pen in my coop. I found a very small egg in the pen, so I know it was one of them. It was white, so i think it came from my leghorn, are they none to lay earlier? I know red sex links lay at 4 months... My leghorn is almost at 4 months. Any answers would be appreciated...

One of my RIR's started laying at 12 weeks and 3 days. Three more started 3 weeks later and I have 2 at 24 weeks and some change that have not laid yet. My one Australorp hen is a bit younger than the others at 20 weeks and has not started laying yet either. So at least in my limited experience it can range quite a bit. Now my Orpingtons are just about to turn 9 weeks so they have awhile to go.

Anyway, 3 months is 12 weeks and there have been a few people that have said that is the earliest that they will lay so maybe you just have one that decided it was ready a bit before the others.

 

[ryanschevy]

One of my 67 day old RIR chickens gave me a very cute little egg today.

 

[aart]

It's very highly unlikely that any chicken less than 16 weeks old would lay an egg.

Just because an egg is tiny doesn't mean it's from a very young chicken.

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 new or older layers.

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

 

[ryanschevy]

I have never seen this so early but I have my 67 day old chickens cooped up in a 100% predator safe enclosure in my pole barn. I am attaching pics to show it is a legitimate egg.

 

[jcoenen]

I too have some 67 day old pullets and found a very tiny egg in my nestbox today. I do have some 3 year old hens in there as well so no way to be sure but I have never had a tiny egg produced in the 3 years i've owned them. I have 21 pullets so no idea which one it could be, but think there is enough ancillary evidence that something like this may be possible.