clif@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agoOne of my chickens laid a tiny egglemmy.worldimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1172arrow-down1imageOne of my chickens laid a tiny egglemmy.worldclif@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
We showing odd eggs now? Here’s mine. EDIT: Fixing post so the image is in the post instead of in the body. I’m dumb, sorry.
minus-squareclif@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·edit-23 days agoFor fun, here’s a large-normal-small comparison.
minus-squareThe_v@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 days agoBottom - pullet egg. A younger hen often starts laying with smaller eggs. Middle - regular egg from an adult chicken. Top - likely a double- identical twin eggs sharing a shell.
minus-squareTheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 days agoI guess they have to ease into larger sizes, just like humans do. 🙃
minus-squareclif@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-23 days agoAll from adult (2.5 year old) hens within a one week span 🤷 EDIT: also, one particular hen routinely lays those large, weird, elongated eggs. She’s a buff orpington
For fun, here’s a large-normal-small comparison.
Bottom - pullet egg. A younger hen often starts laying with smaller eggs.
Middle - regular egg from an adult chicken.
Top - likely a double- identical twin eggs sharing a shell.
I guess they have to ease into larger sizes, just like humans do. 🙃
All from adult (2.5 year old) hens within a one week span 🤷
EDIT: also, one particular hen routinely lays those large, weird, elongated eggs. She’s a buff orpington