Chicken lays odd egg

This unusual egg emerged from a chicken kept at the home of Natalie Wiltshire of Willoughby, Northamptonshire, England. From Metro:

'It really is quite an extraordinary shape. All I need now is another nine pins and a round one for a bowling ball and we have the complete set,' she joked.

"Chicken lays bowling-pin shaped egg"

[#1 posted by dbarak, March 11, 2009 10:09 AM]

Co-joined twin chicks inside? Assuming it was fertilized.

[#2 posted by Teller, March 11, 2009 10:29 AM]

Mystery solved.
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Brunswick-Chicken-2535

[#3 posted by mdh, March 11, 2009 10:40 AM]

That one took me a second Teller. Nice.

[#4 posted by Godfree, March 11, 2009 11:07 AM]

"Only I grew this carrot...and I reckon it's grown into a very interesting shape. Eh? What d'you think, eh? Talk about a giggle, eh? I took it down to the pub and everyone was killin' 'emselves! They said I should put it in your paper!"

[#5 posted by dr.hypercube, March 11, 2009 11:12 AM]

There are pictures of odd eggs (one w/in another & misshapen) in Rosamond Purcell's Egg and Nest. You can see a couple of the photos here (from a great show at the HMNH) - go for the embiggest version and look at the right side of the long wall. Rare, I'm sure, but not unheard of.

[#6 posted by ZoopyFunk, March 11, 2009 11:24 AM]

Nine more pins would make a set, and a bowling ball would make an omelet.

[#7 posted by Anonymous, March 11, 2009 12:02 PM]

'It really is quite an extraordinary shape. All I need now is another nine pins and a round one for a bowling ball and we have the complete set,' she yolked.

*fixed

[#8 posted by Dr. Atomic, March 11, 2009 12:31 PM]

This is very odd, because about a year and a half ago I had a dream about such an egg, albeit mine was a slightly larger item...
http://mrainey.com/wp/2007/09/13/one-freaked-out-chicken/

[#9 posted by Brett Burton, March 11, 2009 12:46 PM]

The crazy part is gonna be when you break it open and find an identically shaped, smaller egg hidden inside.

[#10 posted by muteboy, March 11, 2009 1:46 PM]

It looks like Russian Orthodox Jesus

[#11 posted by Anonymous, March 12, 2009 8:00 AM]

Brett Burton @ 9 -
ovum in ovo

[#12 posted by Anonymous, May 31, 2009 5:10 PM]

i have an egg shaped exactly like this that my hen layed in april 2009.your egg is the only other i have seen like mine!pretty cool-huh...