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N4sir · May 8, 2012

This morning I went out to check on my garden and chickens and found a somewhat surprising egg in the nest. I have eight hens and there were seven eggs in the nest. The surprise was that there was a tiny egg the size of a quail egg. I have never seen full grown chickens lay an egg this size before.

BTW, I usually have one white egg daily so, I guess that hen hadn't layed her egg yet. Should be there tonight when I get home.

BrandonLSU · May 8, 2012

You should post a picture

N4sir · May 8, 2012

BrandonLSU said:
You should post a picture

There is a picture

CrkdLtr · May 8, 2012

That's curious looking. Doesn't even look the same as the other eggs, all the speckles on it. Are your hens in a cage or to they roam freely? I'd be curious if it wasn't another bird laying an egg in the chicken coop.

Metryshooter · May 8, 2012

If your hens are new to laying they sometimes have some odd sized eggs.

MyTFAL · May 8, 2012

I read about some kind of bird that left it's egg's for others to care for,....I think it was a democrat bird or something, edit
I was wrong it's a Cowbird,....

The most common North American bird that is a "nest parasite" -- lays eggs in other birds' nest -- is the brown-headed cowbird, a robin-sized songbird.
Cowbirds developed this adaptation in order to keep up with migrating herds of buffalo (cows) over the Great Plains. Creating a nest and raising a brood take a lot of time and energy, so the cowbird enlisted the unwitting aid of other bird parents to to this for them.
The cowbird lays its eggs in the host bird's nest and throws out existing eggs. The cobirds hatch first and are bigger that the host's chicks. But the host cannot disinguish between the cowbird chick and its own, so feeds the invader. The juvenile cowbird also kills the host's chicks sometimes.
In some areas, cowbird-eradication efforts are under way because of nest parasitism's effect on declining species of other birds. Anonymous

Then again maybe not.......... http://www.chickenkeepingsecrets.com/chicken-eggs/unusual-chicken-eggs/

BrandonLSU · May 8, 2012

Sorry, when I look at this website at the hospital they block certain sites and their referenced pictures.

whitsend · May 8, 2012

I've seen it before.
My hens have laid the occasional tiny egg when they were young and even one soft shell egg.

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