Henrietta the hen lays shell-shocker

A farming family were left shell-shocked when one of their chickens laid a super-sized egg – the biggest they have seen in decades.

Ellie Lewis, who sells the eggs from her smallholding in Pocklington, said it was laid by Henrietta, one of her 30-strong flock. "We are used to getting large eggs but this was beyond large. We all took bets on how many yolks it had but it was just a single, but it was perfect."

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