Smallest egg I've ever seen

[fowlwoman1]

The smallest egg my chickens have laid weighed 13 grams! That was about half the size of the next smallest. And it did have a yolk, too. The shell was dark brown. It got smashed so I couldn't blow it out. I had seen it earlier in the day as it was just laying on the ground in the barnyard. I had thought it was an avocado pit since sometimes I feed the girls avocados. Then later I saw that something had broken it open and I could see the yolk and realized it wasn't an avacado pit. Tiny!

 

[chickiepoo]

The first egg my barred rock laid was like that, but no yolk! She had laid just the yolk a few days before and then the yolkless egg. Now she gets on the nest every morning but hasn't laid anything else yet.

 

[chickiepoo]

love these new titles!

 

[S n M Poultry]

Its called a polk egg. Its a hens first egg. they are usually not fertile. they are cool though.

 

[smoothmule]

What are they called if they are not a first egg? One of my hens laid a tiny dark egg today and I candled it and it has a yolk. Any chance it could be fertile and hatch if I incubate it?

 

[PortugalBreeder]

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So what's happened to the egg?

 

[Rachel'sFlock]

My girls (not a first-timer) layed me one of those and I was able to blow it out. It did have a yolk.

Seems like, as a sooo not expert, (so take this for what it's worth), one would want to incubate only the largest, most resource-filled eggs possible, so your chicks would have a good start in life.
A teeny tiny egg seems like it would manifest a teeny tiny chick, if any at all.

I would not incubate it, were it my choice to make.
There, I said it.

It is absolutely adorable, tho, and I hope it can be kept and prized as a new hen's beautiful first effort!

Brightest Blessings

 

[Mrs MIA]

Yep... for large breeds especially, it is not recommended to try to hatch them, as they will quickly run out of room and nutrition.

When a new girl lays one like that, it's a "pullet egg". When an old girl lays one, it's a "fart egg"...