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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by clif to c/mildlyinteresting
 

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.

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[–] clif 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

For fun, here's a large-normal-small comparison.

[–] The_v 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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.

[–] clif 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I guess they have to ease into larger sizes, just like humans do. 🙃