The birth and death of the Goliath egg...

[RocknRoll]

Oh, my poor hen's bum! This is by far the most mammoth egg any of my hens have ever layed. Just wow. I had a feeling it would be a double yolker :shock:

Weighed in at a whopping 5 ounces! If THAT wasn't bad enough... it also had the added bonus of brail bumps! poor thing...

 

[kharmon320]

Yowza!! That's a mighty big egg....

How many hens do you have?

 

[RocknRoll]

Yowza!! That's a mighty big egg....

How many hens do you have?

Currently we have 10 hens, all sorts of breeds. We get on average 8 eggs a day! They are so comical.

 

[Pepsi Girl]

You sure your chickens didn't have a sleepover and invite a Turkey?

 

[RocknRoll]

You sure your chickens didn't have a sleepover and invite a Turkey?

You know, that ironic you mention that. A couple months ago a strange turkey DID show up in our yard!!!

 

[houseofwool]

You know, that ironic you mention that. A couple months ago a strange turkey DID show up in our yard!!!

I wonder if they can interbreed.

 

[RocknRoll]

I wonder if they can interbreed.

I'm not sure but it I might mention that the turkey was a female :shock:

 

[Shannon_m]

What a whopper.. I would have named it "Bertha" lol

That's so cool you have hens. I live in the city limits and we can't have chickens here.

 

[WallFlower]

Holy moly! That poor girl!

 

[lizflowers42]

WOW! Sooooo what exactly are brail bumps? I've gotten fresh eggs with them and wondered about it.

 

[christinak]

LMAO, Christine I've gotten a few like that over the years! Last year I got a shell with no egg inside and a couple weeks ago I got one with no shell at all. Both were perfectly intact and egg-shaped.

 

[RocknRoll]

WOW! Sooooo what exactly are brail bumps? I've gotten fresh eggs with them and wondered about it.

I'm not sure exactly. I think I remember reading somewhere that they were just calcium deposits on the egg that went all wack while forming... :Kitten Love:

 

[melstan775]

That's a big egg. Awesome that it was a twofer!

 

[Mona719]

Wow! I can't imagine how that felt for her. Poor thing :shock: lol

 

[RocknRoll]

Wow! I can't imagine how that felt for her. Poor thing :shock: lol

I KNOW!!! :Kitten Love:

 

[bodhi]

Double yolker! poor thing, bet she was clucking up a storm over that one.

 

[RocknRoll]

Double yolker! poor thing, bet she was clucking up a storm over that one.

Probably. I found it later that morning in the nest and i was like "HOLY SH*T!" :silent:

 

[christinak]

I got (what I thought) was a big one today....it's huge compared to the others! It was 3.05 oz. Yours must have been massive!

 

[Ancel]

Twins! I wonder what happens if one hatches a double yolker?

 

[bodhi]

Was she walkin' funny? LOL (cheering myself up at the expense of your poor cluckers sore patootie)