Chicken Lays Huge Egg
A chicken surprised her owners by laying a egg four times larger than normal.
Popples, a two-year-old Rhode Island Red, laid the supersize egg measuring 5" high, 8" round and weighing 6.6 ounces.
8 year old Harriet Whitaker, discovered the egg when she made her daily check of the family's chicken run, in Portsmouth, England.
She said: "I've never seen an egg that size before. I thought an ostrich had been into the run overnight."
The youngster has even taken the egg into school to show to her friends, who were equally amazed.
Harriet's mother said: "Poor Popples must have been eggs-hausted and in pain after laying such a massive egg.
"I fed the chickens some scraps from our roast dinner the day before, so perhaps the cauliflower, broccoli and sprouts gave her a boost.
"I was amazed when Harriet first showed me the egg. She came running into the kitchen so excited. I said 'oh my gosh - that must have been painful'.