Mum-of-two Emma Postlethwaite said her mind was scrambled after tapping open the enormous 167g (5.9oz) egg and finding another fully-formed one underneath. The egg was laid by her hen Wendy on Thursday and Emma, 33, managed to capture the moment she found the surprise on camera.
In the incredible 45-second video , Emma can be heard saying: "Oh, it's another egg. It's like a Russian doll."
She then cracks open the smaller egg, which also has a yolk and white inside, as her two-year-old son Austin points at the pan and says: "Egg". The mum-of-two also pops both eggs in the frying pan as her husband Damien, 34, who filmed the video, says: "An egg inside an egg. There you go."
Emma, who lives with IT consultant Damien and their two sons, Austin and four-month-old Henry, in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs., uploaded the video to her Facebook page on Thursday evening where it has now been viewed 5,700 times.
She said: "We have four hens which we bought back in October. We keep them in the garden and eat the eggs they lay. "The big egg was laid by Wendy. She's an eight-month old Sussex hen "I opened the coop and saw it, it was just huge, I just couldn't believe how big it was. "It was huge. It weighed 5.9 ounces. "I have not seen anything like this, I did not know it could happen really. "Austin loves the hens, he goes out and feeds them with mealworms and corn. "When he saw the egg he was so excited, he kept pointing at it and saying 'egg' over and over again. "I have not seen anything like this, I did not know it could happen really. "Austin loves the hens, he goes out and feeds them with mealworms and corn. "When he saw the egg he was so excited, he kept pointing at it and saying 'egg' over and over again.
Usually hens release an egg cell every 18 to 26 hours but sometimes a second one is released by the ovary before the first egg has completed its journey.
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