Barley laid four eggs, one every other day, then took a week off. Speckles laid her first egg of the year three days ago and it was huge. Yesterday Barley laid another egg and in comparison to Speckles egg it was tiny.
No wonder I thought Barley’s first egg may have been freckles as that was even smaller. I thought I would compare a standard hen’s, shop bought egg, and Speckles and Barley’s egg.
Standard hen’s, shop bought egg on the left for comparison, Barley’s fifth egg of the year in the middle and Speckles first egg of the year on the right
Eggs on the stand to show another angle
I am amazed that two girls of the same size can lay such different sized eggs. I felt pretty stupid for thinking Barley’s first egg could have been Freckles but when you look at Barley’s egg in the centre and Speckles egg on the right I think you can kind of forgive me.
I am surprised that Speckles egg is so big and that Barley’s egg is so small and I have no idea what to expect from the little girls eggs if they ever decide to start laying. It is going to be very interesting. I love how unique my girls eggs are. No standard sizes like in the supermarket and all the better for that in my opinion but then I am probably totally biased.
I am looking forward to seeing what comes next.
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Lovely fresh eggs, I find the little ones just have less white.
They do. I love them because they still have the same sized yolk but less white so are extra lovely I think and as you say so much fresher than shop bought.