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My Buff Orpington laid this one yesterday. She often lays "oddly" textured ones but this is the weirdest by far.

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[–] null@lemmy.nullspace.lol 30 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Aw, in just a few weeks it'll hatch into a beautiful baby scrotum.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Yay, twins!

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (5 children)

Lemmy see if i can find some pic i took a few years ago. Gonna edit this comment in a minute.

Here ya go. This was laid by a fully grown chicken that usually laid completely normal eggs.
Comparing against my hand this thing was something like 3.5cm long.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 30 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What's it like living with low-resolution hands?

Its very easy to cut yourself on the sharp edges but you learn to live with it.

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 9 points 3 weeks ago

Our latest addition to the flock has just started laying. They are sooooo cute!

Normal egg for scale

[–] zout@fedia.io 5 points 3 weeks ago

One of our (Brahma) chickens lays eggs like this. She also walks with a limp.

[–] MelonYellow@piefed.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What in the heck is going on with the hands? xD

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Fingerprints... because we live in a society sadly :(

[–] clif@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

O! We have one that occasionally lays tiny eggs as well. I'm not sure which one it is because they share nesting boxes but a tiny egg shows up about once a month.

These ones were free to walk around the farm but they always returned to their own specific nest box at night :)

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] Schorsch@feddit.org 5 points 3 weeks ago

Egg... Egg... Ex... ter... mi... EXTERMINATE!!!

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago

Whoooah an egg comes out of a chicken!

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

There is a backyard chickens sub Incase that interests.

I had an egg similar to this last week, wasn't sure why, normal before and after but just one egg.

[–] MontyGommo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Do you happen to have a link to the sub? Always have more time to talk about the ladies!

[–] clif@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Looks like I had already joined it but forgot about it. Thanks for the reminder.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Speaking from experience?

[–] SassyRamen@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Oh nooooo the eggs have breached Lemmy! 🥲

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Reminds me of when we took our boy cat in for neutering. The vet commented that he had a lovely set of plums on him. I said if she liked them she could have them and received an elbow in the ribs from my wife.

[–] mienshao@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

You spelled ate wrong.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 5 points 3 weeks ago

I cannot be convinced that that is not Silly Putty.

[–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Did they poo out two eggs at once? Whenever my chickens form two eggs at once, they smoosh together and come out like that.

[–] clif@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

No, just the one. Most of the time the eggs this one lays are a little wavy towards the tip but this one is a bit crazy.

[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

This is what happens if you eat too much fibre.

[–] littlewonder@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

No trans people clowning in these comments? I'm disappointed.