Mystery huge egg!!!

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Hello everyone,

Me and my wife started keeping chickens about a year ago and after problems with girls being boys etc have settled on a Bluebell (called Misty) and a Sussex Speckled (called Harriet).

The Bluebell is a regular layer and seemed to spark the Sussex into life, the Sussex produces an egg every couple of days, easily identifiable as they are almost white. She is not as regular and frequently produces messy eggs with unhardened shells etc.

Anyway, last evening i went down the garden to lock them away in their coop and noticed an object on the lawn. I looked once, twice and on the third look realised it was a huge egg, as the picture below.

I immediately thought "its a goose egg" but cannot explain how it got there. I have thought about foxes dropping it and all sorts of other theories, however, i now believe it has been laid by Harriet as it is exactly the same colour and "texture" as her normal eggs. It is at least 4 times the volume of a normal egg!!!

Has anyone ever come across this before?

Any thoughts would be welcomed,

Many thanks,

Paul.


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That is a whopper!!!! My old light sussex doesn't lay very often anymore either and she does occasionally produce these huuuge double yolked monsters, that does look like a chook egg though and not a goose - goose eggs tend to have a more almost transparent look to the surface if that makes any sense, you'll know when you crack it wether it's chook or goose anyway!! Think of all the soldiers you can dip in that one!!!!:D
 
Don't forget to weigh it before you eat it Paul. Our biggest was 126 grammes and that looks a fair bit bigger!
 
I reckon the hen had a tear in her eye with that one! I too have come across monster eggs though only one or two close to that size...
 
We don't toast our 'soldiers', just plain buttered bread. Same thing essentially, but must be a regional variation Wrigley -like they probably use Lava Bread in Wales and Oatcake strips in Stoke.
 
Soldiers are for kids,had no idea that you folks make them too...for yourselfs :-)08 :lol: .forewer young :-)10
Paul,wow this is all I can say at the momemt.Never seen so large chicken egg before.Aparently in 2010 in UK chicken named Harriet laid an egg 23cm in diameter.Can I ask for a picture when you open the egg?
Fantastic photo I wonder which of you hen produced such a giant! :o
 
Poor girl!!! Is she ok? Have you contacted The Guinness Book of Records? :D
 
Amazing! my biggest ever was 115g and it's way bigger. Should have a guess the weight competion, I'm going for 150g :)
 
Yours looks bigger than this http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1253484/Shell-shocking-Hen-lays-egg-staggering-SIX-times-bigger-normal.html
and read somwere of 180gramm egg http://www.worldrecordsacademy.org/nature/biggest_chicken_Egg-world_record_set_by_Titi_80343.htm
and I have found this http://community.guinnessworldrecords.com/service/searchEverything.kickAction?keywords=cicken+eggs&includeVideo=on&includePhoto=on&includeBlog=on&includeUser=on&as=7691&sortType=relevance
So you may be an new record holder:)By the way i would auction egg like this:)
This is very interesting too http://anewscafe.com/2011/04/05/giant-egg-takes-a-crack-at-world-record/
 
Ummm, you can't make soldiers out of laver bread, but it's wonderful heated in the bacon fat and dolloped on fried bread.
 
So what weight is your egg, Paul? And did you measure the circumference at the widest point?
When I was a kid, the strips of bread and butter you had to dip in your egg were always called 'soldiers and sailors.' Perhaps because my Dad was in the Navy and they didn't want him to feel left out?
 
Hello again everyone and many thanks for your replies.

Firstly, and most importantly, Harriet is absolutely fine after laying this whopper and is going about her business in the garden as usual. I am watching her now as I sit and type this.

I have taken a few measurements, and, the egg.......

Weighs 5oz exactly (142 grams).
Length 3 1/2 inches (89mm).
Diameter 2 1/4 inches (57mm).
Circumference at widest point 7 inches (178mm)
Long circumference 8 3/4 inches (222mm).

We will be opening it at the weekend and i will post some pics then.

All the very best and many thanks,

Paul.
 
Hello everyone,

I have 2 updates on the monster egg story -

We opened the egg yesterday, i peered in and there were 2 yolks. I emptied these out, peered in again and discovered something else in there, as photos below -

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There was an egg within the egg!!

How unusual is that??

Secondly, i was watching Harriet on Saturday and she was behaving a little differently, wandering in and out of the coop, squatting on the lawn.

The reason for this became clear later as she has layed another huge egg, slightly bigger at 5 1/2oz (156 grammes), all as below -

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Again, she appeared to be none the worse for this as on Sunday she laid a typical sized egg.

How unusual is all of this? Do you think i should get her checked over by the vet?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Many thanks,

Paul.
 
That's just amazing! did you open the egg-within-an-egg, and if so, did it have a yolk? Wiull be very interested in what's in the second huge egg.
It's pretty unusual, but i have seen similar pics on the internet so not unknown. If she's laying a typical egg and appears OK, no need for the vet I think - I don't see what a vet could do about it, even if you were lucky enough to have a poultry specialist.
 
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