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JasonDJ@lemmy.zip to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 4 months ago

One of my chickens laid a huge egg.

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One of my chickens laid a huge egg.

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JasonDJ@lemmy.zip to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 4 months ago
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  • remer@lemmy.world
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    I bet there’s an egg in the egg

    • JasonDJ@lemmy.zipOP
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      Does that happen? I’ve heard of double yolks but not nested eggs. This is our first year with the girls so first I’m seeing this.

      I did get an egg with no shell once, just the thin membrane. Didn’t take a picture tho.

      • 🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@lemm.ee
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        It can happen sometimes. Also if they got a weak/no shell then u should mix some eggshell in their food or that additive stuff that’s basically just small mineral rich rocks to help em get enough to make a proper shell.

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          If feeding eggshells, it’s best to cook them in the oven a bit and then grinding them with a mortor. 250f for 10 mins should do it.

          Oyster shells work well if you can get em. Other bivalves can work too but oyster is easier for the chickens to crack apart. You just want to bake it at like 250F for 10 mins

          Here’s a few other methods. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/feeding-your-chickens-oyster-shells.77372/

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        • blazeknave@lemmy.world
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          That yolk looks hard

      • smeg@feddit.uk
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        It happens, as documented in this classic video

    • Tanis Nikana@lemmy.world
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      Use a stronger egg. Put water in it. Put an egg in it. Have a baby on land, in the egg, in the egg. Baby in the water, on land, in the egg, in water, in the egg.

      • Whelks_chance@lemmy.world
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        We could make a religion out of this

        • jballs@sh.itjust.works
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          I’m racking my brain trying to remember what that’s from. Was it an Oversimplified video?

          • Tanis Nikana@lemmy.world
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            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuCn8ux2gbs

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              Ah that was it! Thanks!

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      Seriously, I bet it’s a double yolk though.

  • Monstrosity@lemm.ee
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    Yo, that’s like $700.00 worth of eggs right there.

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      Checkmate tariffs.

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    The chicken:

    • aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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      I was gunna say:

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    You can identify which it was by checking which hen is walking with a limp today (mostly untrue, although they can have prolapses).

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    Is your chicken’s name Sheila by any chance?

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    I have one particular chicken that does this pretty regularly. Long and kind of skinny, often with an odd texture on the end, sometimes with a weird constriction in the middle.

    Also, you inspired me to post a pic of a tiny egg I got last week : https://lemmy.world/post/24677253

    This is from a full grown 2.5 year old chicken that typically lays “normal” eggs… not sure why she laid one tiny one randomly.

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      Did I start a thing? Is this going to be Lemmy’s version of the safe?

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        This is such an upgrade. Let the torrent of wonky egg posts carry me away.

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        Not as long as you deliver.

        That’s a double yolk at least. Maybe even a triple if that’s possible.

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          Oh I never delivered. It was a double, and she had another double last week.

          Had another girl that laid a tiny egg. Like a little bigger than a ping-pong ball. Barely had any yolk at all.

          • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
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            Updating months later in true reddit safe fashion 🤣

      • clif@lemmy.world
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        I support it!

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      I used to go to this bar and grill that had soft boiled quail eggs wrapped in bacon on a skewer. Looked about that size, maybe even smaller. Now I’m hungry.

  • MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io
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    We’ve all been there…

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    I wonder if it’s a double.

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    Ouch

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    God bless her

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      deleted by creator

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    When you’re the tallest person in the classroom

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    I think I would’ve been OK if the girth matches the length but…why is it just lonk

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      Eggshells are a little softer before they come out. Poor dear had to squeeze extra contents through her same cloaca.

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        Cloaca so tight it gives long eggs

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          That’s it. That’s enough internet for the day.

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            Cloacussy takes another victim.

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    That’s a raptor egg. Somehow uhh… Life finds a way

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    Probably twins or triplets or so

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