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[–] BatrickPateman@lemmy.world 25 points 6 days ago

Is your chicken's name Sheila by any chance?

[–] pappabosley@lemm.ee 11 points 6 days ago
[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 days ago

That's a raptor egg. Somehow uhh... Life finds a way

[–] LGTM@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] LGTM@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Cloaca so tight it gives long eggs

[–] CuriousKrypto@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

Cloacussy takes another victim.

[–] xzot746@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

Must have been laid by a big cock.

I'll show myself out.

[–] whyalone@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

So you sell them and buy a house?

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

All I got were three lousy magic beans.

[–] Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Feed them to the Chicken who laid the giant egg!

It will then grow over night and you can ride your Monster Chicken into battle next morning!

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

A rooster sits on the peak of a roof that is running north to south the wind is blowing easy to west which direction does the egg roll?

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago
[–] remer@lemmy.world 48 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I bet there’s an egg in the egg

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

We could make a religion out of this

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm racking my brain trying to remember what that's from. Was it an Oversimplified video?

[–] logos@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

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

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 27 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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.

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 18 points 1 week ago

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/

[–] remer@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

That yolk looks hard

[–] Monstrosity@lemm.ee 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yo, that's like $700.00 worth of eggs right there.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Checkmate tariffs.

[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

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

[–] clif@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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

[–] GiantChickDicks@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 days ago

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

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Not as long as you deliver.

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

[–] clif@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I support it!

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

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.

We’ve all been there…

[–] CM400@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

I wonder if it’s a double.

[–] CheeryLBottom@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago
[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 8 points 1 week ago

When you're the tallest person in the classroom

[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago

Probably twins or triplets or so

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 5 points 1 week ago
[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Bet it is the only bad one lol

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

More like Rotten egg, I argue. It always happens that the most promising looking egg is the rotten one.

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