Rescue hen lays completely spherical egg which may promote for £500

A household has overwhelmed ‘odds of a billion to 1’ after their hen laid a superbly spherical egg.

Annabel Mulcahy was surprised when she found the utterly rounded egg at her residence in Brize Norton over the weekend.

She has stored chickens for the final 20 years, along with her West Oxfordshire household rescuing extra in recent times after her kids took an curiosity within the birds.

Twinskie – named by certainly one of Annabel’s daughters – laid the spherical egg to utter amazement.

‘On Saturday morning, I opened the nesting field and it was there, an ideal circle,’ she stated.

‘I used to be Googling it and was quoted that it’s a one in a billion. It’s actually bizarre, I needed to do a double take. I can roll it on the desk like a marble.’

Annabel is now seeking to promote the egg, utilizing among the cash to rescue extra chickens.

She added: ‘I’ve put the egg on the market on eBay, some have gone for costs like £480 prior to now.

‘What I get will go in direction of getting an additional run so I can rescue extra chickens. I’ve acquired 9 in the intervening time, however three are being rehomed at a farm.

‘I wish to increase £100 for an extension to the run. I’ve had chickens on and off for the final 20 years, nevertheless it’s steadily elevated during the last three years.

‘They’re so pleasant. If I’m within the backyard, they’ll come and sunbathe at your toes. Twinskie has the nickname “Labrador” as a result of she’ll comply with you spherical.’