The smallest egg in the world

A chicken raised in Wales lays an egg smaller than a coin, believed to be the smallest egg in the world.

Discover the world's smallest chicken egg in Wales

The 12-year-old Shannon Hayes discovered tiny eggs beside other normal sized eggs in the chicken coop. It is about 1.8 cm long and less than a coin . " I'm confident to say that this is the smallest egg. It's very small and people won't want to use it for breakfast," Shannon said.

Shannon Hayes and tiny egg.(Photo: Wales News Service)

According to Mirror, Shannon lives with her parents in Capel Iwan, Carmarthenshire county. Her family raised 7 hens, but she did not know which one produced this egg. Shannon's grandmother said she brought eggs into the house and was only afraid of falling to the ground.

In 2011, a farmer in the United States announced that his chicken lays the world's smallest egg with a length of 2.1 cm. This record was defeated three years later when another chicken called Muffin lays eggs a bit smaller.