Topic: A "pre-historic" egg layed today

[cocopops]

One of my hens layed this today.  It measures 7 cm x 4.5 cm and looks very strange.  I've certainly never seen one like this before :o
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[Need a Leek]

Looks like a packet of ciggys to me ;D....That is a strange looking egg I must say, were there any others like it?.

Cheers
Tony

[sawfish]

I'm sure I heard the hen screaming from up here in Scotland!

I've seen similar lumpy huge free range eggs in my other halfs farm in Orkney.

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

the title of this post looks very silly when you read it on the Recent Posts Page

[cocopops]

Oops the cig packet was for scale.  Not used to this posting pics.  Maybe this will show the egg in more detail. ;)

[Paulines7]

Cocopops, I had an egg two weeks ago that looked a bit like your one.  With a double yolk, it weighed in at 185g but was not as heavy as the one I had last year. 
See: http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,32195.0.html

[Need a Leek]

Sorry Cocopops...I was just having a jest RE the ciggy packet. A family member lives and works on a farm and he is mad on chickens...He really is  ::) ??? ;D so I will give him a bell and get back to you.

Cheers
Tony

[Old bird]

Hiya Cocopops

I regularly get these prehistoric looking eggs.  Can't work out what is going on with them I generally just up the grit and oyster shell and they seem to disappear!

They are weird though!

Old Bird!

 ;D

[paulinems]

had one last week was double yolk
Pauline