WORKERS at an animal rescue centre got an extra-large surprise when they collected eggs from their poultry.
One feathered friend, at Ramshaw Rescue Centre, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, laid an egg more than twice the size of the others.
Kate Wilson, of the centre, said she could not believe the size of the egg, which was the biggest she had seen.
She said: "It was absolutely huge. All our poultry are free-range and we have everything from chickens and ducks to guinea fowl. We have a weird and wonderful bunch, who have an age of 353 between them.
"We do not get many eggs, maybe eight or nine a day, but this is definitely the biggest I have ever seen."
Ms Wilson said the egg had probably been laid by a duck, but it was even large by a duck's standards.
She said: "It would definitely be able to make omelettes for a family of four."
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