In the 5 or 6 years I have had chickens, I have only received two of these eggs so far. As I read about miniatrue eggs being laid by standard sized hens, I found it is actually pretty common. Usually laid by hens who are just starting to lay, mine have been laid by hens who are no longer considered "pullets" (over 1 year old). Maybe this happened because they are coming out of molt and some haven't laid for a long time.
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| Comparing size to eggs laid by other hens recently |
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Last year when I got one of these I was very curious what was inside. I cracked it open and instead of being a small yolk and egg white, it was egg white only. I have read that people call these miniature eggs "fart eggs", "fairy eggs", or "wind eggs".
I have one chicken lays "fart eggs" about every two months......I'm loving that term by the way!
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