3.6m Omlet Chicken Run for sale, Brand New in Boxes, Milton Keynes (MK19)

[migsy]

All of my ladies are about 18 months old and I think that they all lay but I suspect one of my ex batts does not lay very often. Today I got a perfectly formed egg which was the size of a quail's egg. Does anyone know why an 18 month old hen would lay such a mini egg?

[The Dogmother]

It's not uncommon (known as a wind egg or cock's egg) and is formed around some grit which has found its way into the oviduct.

 

Doubtless one of the mods will be along in a moment to put this thread in the right section.

[migsy]

Thanks Claret! I'd forgotten about those "wind" eggs.