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'.