Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Seriously..It's Called a Fart Egg?

Are you looking at a one giant egg or one micro egg?
The upside of this latest adventure on the urban farm is that Jeff and I are now at the chicken parenthood stage where odd changes don't panic us...

Two days ago we came home to find the tinniest egg you can imagine a chicken laying. We laughed it off and figured it had something to do with Cluck being broody (when chickens decide to sit on their eggs to hatch them despite the fact that they aren't fertilized and will never produce chicks). The next day I came home to find another "micro egg." Cluck was still broody, and I had to fight her to get her off the micro egg. Well okay, it seems that I should look into this. (Thank goodness we aren't human parents yet and don't have to pay to take our kids to the pediatricians.) About a half an hour of  internet research, and I had my answer. As is usually the case with all odd chicken behavior, it was perfectly normal. Turns out, that sometimes chickens just lay the egg too soon. They tiny eggs are called fart eggs since some people believe that they happen when the chicken farts and the egg just falls out! So I guess Cluck should lay off all the beans in her diet! 

5 comments:

  1. OMG, I was just telling my DH last night about Fart Eggs and he looked at me like I was making this stuff up. He'll be reading your blog tonight.

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  2. They need a better names. Fart eggs sound gross. I say we sell them as "Cholesterol-Free" eggs. ;)

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  3. I bet that you could charge a fortune for them too! Great idea!

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  4. Do you eat the micro egg? Is it the same inside?
    Curious-minds just want to know.

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  5. We did eat the eggs- they are just whites. No taste difference just barely enough for one bite though!

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