More Eggs-traordinary layings in Cavan!

Last week, we brought you the biggest egg in Cavan, and it was no yolk (joke). Now, in an even more eggs-traordinary development, a woman from near Butlersbridge now claims that she has the SMALLEST egg in Cavan, writes Ultan Sherry.

Estelle Connolly-Doonan’s ordinary red hybrid hen laid the egg a couple of days ago, and is the size of three fingers on Ms Doonan’s small, slender hands. This gives an idea as to how small this egg really is.

“I laughed at it when I saw it, because I had only just seen the picture of the big egg,” Ms Doonan told the Celt. The hen in question usually does lay small eggs, given her genetics, but never as small as this.

The question now though is what Estelle will do with this tiny structure. “I’ll probably cook it on the frying pan!” was the reply. Whatever happens in any case, there’s no doubt that these two egg stories have cracked, ahem cracked up Cavan.

The previous week, a massive egg was laid by a humble Rhode Island hen at the Ardkeen estate in Cavan Town.

The hen’s proud and rather bemused owner is Aaron Carroll, a student at Cavan Institute who is originally from Ardee in Co Louth. “I felt very proud of my chicken [when this egg was laid], but I was still half-asleep,” Aaron told the Celt.
“They’re usually very good layers and this particular egg is about three to four times the size of a normal egg,” he commented further. “I actually thought the chicken might have died because of the size of the egg, but there’s not a bother on her now!”.
Whilst this hen has dropped the biggest egg since perhaps dinosaurs became extinct, the yolk (sorry, joke) is very much on Aaron now, as he ponders what to do with the monstrosity. “I don’t really want to eat it. I don’t think I could eat the whole thing. I might just keep it... put it in a jar or something,” he said.
If there’s anyone out there in Cavan and beyond who thinks that they have an even bigger egg than the one mentioned, this reporter would like to see it.