Found a very small chicken egg today?

Question

Hey everyone.
I found a very very small egg on the floor of the chicken coop today. I mean it was small, probably about and inch long. I have five pullets (approximantly 4 months old) was it one of them that layed it, or was it one of my bantams? How old are chickens before they start laying? Do thier eggs start off tiny and get bigger? Is it safe to eat? LOL Will it hatch if I put it witIh my broody bantams eggs? (I do have a rooster). This is my first time raing chickens ftom baibies, so I have never seen such a tiny egg.
Thanks for the replies!

Answer 1

put it under one of your hens and see what happens and be carefull messing around on the floor of the coop snakes happen to like eggs and they will bite you . so just be carefull picking things up off the coop floor and good luck .

Answer 2

Since the egg is that small I suspect it is the first egg from one of your pullets. It is normal for first eggs to be small. I don't think it is from a bantam because their eggs are bigger than that. The only way it could be from a bantam is if they are just starting to lay or they are old bantams. First eggs are small and also eggs from old chickens can be small too. If the chickens are old and at the end of their laying age they can be small. Chickens usually don't start laying until 5 - 6 months, but 4 months is not too young to start laying an occasional very small egg. It will not be fertile so don't waste your time trying to hatch it. It is however safe to eat! Good luck with your flock and remember to read everything you can about breeding and hatching eggs and you will be all the better for it.

Answer 3

Chickens generally begin laying at 5 to 6 months old.First year chickens usually do not begin laying till around September.4 months old is a little young for a chicken to begin laying but it is not unheard of nor is it uncommon.Many times a chickens first few eggs will be small.They will also be more round in appearance rather then eggs shaped.Generally these small eggs will only contain a yolk,or just the white they seldom contain both.The won't hatch if you attempt to incubate them for those reasons as well as they are just to small for a chick to develop in.It isn't generally a good idea to keep bantams in the same coop as full sized chickens because of the size difference.If your bantams have already been laying then it could be one of their eggs being bantam eggs are fairly small in size.The best way to determine if it is a first egg is appearance and then by cracking it open and inspecting the contents.They are also safe to eat.

Answer 4

It could be either bantam or pullet but I would say its a bantam egg because even a pullets egg isn't usually that small.

Chickens star laying at about 6 months. Some a bit before some after.

Pullets eggs general start small and get big.

The egg is safe to eat.

It may hatch, but I wouldn't recommend it as small eggs make small babies and small babies aren't very healthy. So I would say dont try and hatch it, unless of course you are sure its a bantams egg, because well that's normal.

Good Luck and feel free to email me anytime if you have questions.

Answer 5

I would suspect that it was one of your bantams, because chickens are normally at least 5 months old before they start laying.

It is safe to eat, even if it was layed by one of your new pullets, because it's just a blip in the laying cycle. This is most common when they are just beginning to lay, either for the first time or after winter.

Answer 6

Many chickens will lay a small egg when they first begin laying. When I was small, the small eggs were always mine. I once collected a whole dozen of them. The eggs will get bigger. It is just God's way of introducing the hen to the idea of having something uncomfortable come out of her. The tiny egg prepares the way for what is coming later. The egg will not hatch. Many times they do not have a yolk. Keep an eye on your nests, because on occasion you may also get a soft shelled egg. It will feel like a ball of jello.

Answer 7

It is not unusual for first eggs from a pullet to be very small like that. They are referred to as dwarf eggs, and seldom contain a yolk. Not long after they settle into laying their bodies may go into overdrive and start producing double yolked eggs before settling into normal eggs.

Abnormal eggs such as these almost never hatch.

Answer 8

each and every from time to time a youthful rooster (or previous rooster) will lay an egg which isnt surprising, i've got had some earlier that have no shell, in basic terms the comfortable leathery casing, i've got additionally had double yolk eggs, and golfing ball sized eggs with in basic terms the yolk interior! frequently this is because of the fact the rooster is youthful and new to it, or regardless of if this is an previous rooster it would desire to point she is getting into moult, has a situation, or has stopped laying. it many times isn't something to rigidity approximately, yet some hens do finally end up having a prolapse later in existence, this is while they war to place an egg and their inner organs come out- regrettably a rooster that suffers a prolapse might desire to be positioned to sleep.

Answer 9

LOL chickens eggs never grow.Its just such a littel-maybe such a bird or just such type of egg or its LOL a littel bit annormal!Yes u can it it!!!!!Be careful it can be dinousavr's egg.