chocchick Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Am I alone in having a wierd chicken? My poor neurotic (fullsize) Welsummer since the moult (end of last year) now only lays small spherical eggs. They are fully formed with tiny yolk in the same proportion as a big egg, but it is quite silly if rather cute. She started laying like this when we got her, then grew onto bigger eggs. Since the moult we've had 1 full-size egg from her at random and the rest are like cherry tomatoes. On the plus side the tiny eggs are darker brown like a Welsummer's eggs should be, compared with the larger counterparts she has laid. At least she's very pretty and cute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I've read about it Choccy.....they usually get back to normal from what I remember. You can pretend that they are quails eggs and make Delia's intriguing fish and egg pie with Aunt Bessies Mash! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted March 19, 2008 Author Share Posted March 19, 2008 I've read about it Choccy.....they usually get back to normal from what I remember. You can pretend that they are quails eggs and make Delia's intriguing fish and egg pie with Aunt Bessies Mash! She won't pass as a quail, OH has remarked how much wider she is getting recently. It has been weeks though *impatient* and we're collecting loads of these eggs. I occasionally put a few in a cake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moochoo Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I've had a really tiny egg from Dotty http://club.omlet.co.uk/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=18546 It was a one off but very cute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted March 19, 2008 Author Share Posted March 19, 2008 That's exactly it, same colour/shape........ maybe a tad bigger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiamondsEggs Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Well My Chickens Lay Full-Sized Eggs But Just WHen They Started Laying They Were Tiny For A While.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 I do have a theory she's found a loophole in the chicken/owner system as I can't argue she is not laying eggs, but it takes less energy and they are easier to push out. Or, as she would have an anxiety disorder if human, maybe constantly spooking at things (e.g. tiny garden birds) makes the eggs smaller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 We had one of these when Marj got back into laying after her winter break - about the size of a cherry tomato, no yolk except for a tiny smear in the centre. Marj is also a daft, flighty thing - she runs away whe she sees me coming with the treats box. She sorted it out for herself - perhaps she's just too daft to realise she could've been on to a good idea there ! Tell Katy to keep it to herself or they'll all be laying to rule! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 Marj is also a daft, flighty thing - she runs away whe she sees me coming with the treats box. Megan jumps out of the way if I throw in treats sometimes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted April 20, 2008 Author Share Posted April 20, 2008 Yesterday I made a 7 egg cake to use up 6 of Megan's little eggs. * She's a bit hit and miss, but have had some bigger eggs. Yesterday's involved manically pacing up and down the run. The 6 little ones were so cute, and had a TINY little yolk. One was 12g. I broke one Abbie egg and it looked wrong it was so huge (normal sized ) * was equivalent of a 3 egg cake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Chocchick, you now have pride of place at the top (well, left) of the Bantam Egg Leader Board (I know she's not a bantam, but we couldn't leave her tiny wee eggs out ). http://club.omlet.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=387912#387912 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...