Donnie Russell world smallest chicken egg. A West Virginia man says one of his hens has laid the world's smallest chicken egg. The Rev. Donnie Russell told The Associated Press he found the 2.1-centimeter-long egg last month on his farm. It weighs just 3.46 grams -- a little more than one-tenth of an ounce -- and is about the size of a penny."It's really something," Russell said Friday. "If you want to know the truth, I can't put it into words."

The chicken that he believes laid the egg is normal sized, and the state Department of Agriculture has certified the egg's size.

Guinness World Records lists the smallest recorded chicken egg as 2.7 centimeters, although a British man in May claimed one that was 2 millimeters smaller.

Russell said he doesn't know whether he'll file an application with Guinness. He does plan to preserve the egg, which he's named John Spencer Russell in honor of his two grandsons.

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