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<\/p>\nHens in Brazil laid eggs in the shape of “fortune cookies” – and it has caused a furore online.<\/p>\n
The eggs were laid two months ago by a hen belonging to bricklayer J\u00falio C\u00e9sar Carvalho, a resident of the Morro do Ferro district in Oliveira.<\/p>\n
But only now have the images been shared on social media by his friend, environmentalist Ildeano Silva.<\/p>\n
J\u00falio said: “I was surprised, it was the first time this had happened. The egg looks like a fortune cookie.<\/p>\n
“The day I found it, the hen had only laid it, but then the hen also laid some other eggs with different shapes, very rounded and with a ‘tip’ on top.”<\/p>\n
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Ildeano said: “It generated a lot of repercussions here in Morro do Ferro, especially on social media, where some people even doubted it, thought it was a white balloon that J\u00falio had filled up and put between the normal eggs.<\/p>\n
“But in fact, people close to J\u00falio checked it out and saw that it was real.<\/p>\n
“This hen occasionally lays an egg like this with a deformity. It’s very unusual. I shared it with the locals and now it’s also attracted the attention of people from outside.”<\/p>\n
As well as being visibly different, the bricklayer noticed that none of the eggs laid by the hen had a yolk. They all have only the white, including the fortune cookie-shaped egg.<\/p>\n
“It only had the white, just like the others she lays. But the flavour of it and the others with different shapes was the same as the others,” added J\u00falio.<\/p>\n
Don’t miss… <\/strong> As well as being surprised by the situation, J\u00falio said he was also happy because he knew he had a special hen at home and now he always visits the hen house in the hope of finding more unusual eggs.<\/p>\n According to veterinarian D\u00eanio Garcia, who specialises in birds, the shape of the egg is considered rare.<\/p>\n “There are some justifications for this, but it would require a more in-depth analysis. The likely hypotheses are that the hen that laid the eggs in different shapes may have some pathology, may be stressed and may also not be eating well,” he said.<\/p>\n As for the lack of yolk, the phenomenon occurs because the hen is not ovulating, says Garcia.<\/p>\n Follow our social media accounts here on facebook.com\/ExpressUSNews\u00a0<\/strong>
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