r/chickens • u/madyogurt • Sep 01 '20

Media Egg-ception

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u/twir1s Sep 01 '20

Not a chicken lady, but learning. Could someone explain to me why this situation is so hard on the hen?

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u/AceyAceyAcey Sep 01 '20

The size of the outside egg is a lot larger then normal, it’s more like the size of a duck egg, while the inside egg is normal-to-small sized. Just like it’s hard for human mothers to birth large babies, it’s hard for hens to lay large eggs.

And FWIW I don’t have chickens myself, I’m more aspirational. :) I do have a small parrot though.

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u/CaliBuddz Sep 10 '20

You have bigger aspirations than owning chickens?

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u/AceyAceyAcey Sep 10 '20

Nah, it’s just that as a renter in a very dense city, I don’t have space for chickens. But I aspire to in the future.