At only 1.3 ounces and white, it was either a very small Skippy (the Leghorn) egg, or a very odd-shaped Dottie (the White-Crested Black Polish) egg:
But, although odd looking, there was no reason not to treat it like any other egg, right?
One of my favorite quick breakfasts is a hard-boiled egg on wheat toast:
I peeled the little egg. The shell came off easily:
I toasted and buttered my bread and put the egg in the slicer:
And that's when I noticed it:
It would appear this little eggy anomaly has no yolk:
But then I flipped the last few egg slices over, and there it was...the smallest hint of a yolk:
Yup, that's it. That's my story for today. Chickens, and their eggs, are funny, funny things:
Eggs are funny. Don't you love all the different colors of eggs you get with a varied flock? So much fun! I love a soft boiled egg with toast for breakfast but your idea looks easy too -- and yummy. I'll have to try that variation!
ReplyDeleteThose small eggs are very weird. I've found yolkless ones in the past too.
ReplyDeleteI have gotten them with a double yoke & very little white, It is funny some times how we will get a crazy egg ain't it. Love the little surprises like that makes keeping chickens so much fun for me.
ReplyDeleteWow. Would ya look at that? Just the tiniest little bit of yolk. That is so odd! And very cute.
ReplyDeletehmmmmm....how strange. maybe this answers that age old question about which came first?
ReplyDeleteI have never seen an egg like that!Even in my gram's hens, there has always been a yolk. Cool beans!
ReplyDeleteYour chickens look great.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful weekend! :)
'Fess up. What's the secret of hard-boiling farm fresh eggs so that they peel easily? I always lose half the white trying to peel mine.
ReplyDeletehow do you get your fresh eggs to peel so nicely?
ReplyDeleteThese chickens and their odd eggs keep us on our toes, don't they?
ReplyDeleteWhat I want to know is how you get a fresh boiled egg to peel so easily? We have tried all the tricks and still end up with a mess!
Hey, it's a rough economy, and your chickens are thinking frugally, so their skimping on the yolks. :) Suzanne
ReplyDeleteI cannot wait until my chickens start laying. They are only two months old still. *sigh*
ReplyDeleteI get my eggs to peel real easy by taking them from the stove and putting in a lot of ice immediately. I let it cool completely and they are ready to be peeled slick as snot. Okay, that was gross.
yup - egg salad for lunch! all you chicken bloggers are making me hungry for egg salad! :-)
ReplyDeleteWhat a surprise that must have been . . . weird, eh?
ReplyDeleteWe just ordered our first baby chicks and I can't wait for them to start laying. I'll just have to be patient!
Your flock is beautiful.
Maybe next time she will lay a double egg. If not, maybe you could market them as "Heart Healthy" eggs.
ReplyDeleteI agree with previous posters that we would like your tips for peeling hard boiled eggs.
Wow...what an odd egg. I really like the way your hardboiled eggs peel so easy. Mine always look like egg salad! What's your secret?
ReplyDeleteDanni so loves her eggs...the egg circle reminds me so much of your Christmas egg post with the dancing ornaments.
ReplyDeleteOk, I'm awfully afraid to disappoint, but here's my secret to peeling my hardboiled eggs: I don't have one. A secret, that is. :-)
ReplyDeleteMy hard-boiling-egg process is very similar to Spudknit's above. I boil my water, put in the eggs, boil for 10 minutes, remove from heat, hold the pan under cold water until cool, and then, generally, I let the eggs sit in the cool water for a while, since I've usually become distracted by something and have wandered off to tend to another project. Boy, am I tickled, though, when I walk back through the kitchen later and find hard-boiled eggs all ready to eat! woo hoo! :-)
Maybe that's the secret? Letting them sit in cooled water for a period of time? Somebody try it and tell me if it works.
Danni, The comments I got from this post about how to peel hard boiled eggs were the best ever.
ReplyDeletehttp://operationhomestead.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-to-peal-hard-boil-eggs.html
I use the salt and vinegar method and have no problems now peeling the fresh hard boiled eggs. So many good recipes, I have only tried a few.
We have got a lot of "different" eggs here but so far not one without a yolk.. LOL
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