What came first, the egg or the egg? Campbell River farmer uncovers henhouse mystery

The good news is the hen survived.

The better news is that the mystery surrounding the monster egg Katie Dennefound in her Campbell River henhouse Tuesday morning has been solved.

Turns out it was actually two eggs in one afully formed egg containing another fully formed egg.

"It was the size of my hand.It was ridiculous," said Denne, noting that she had to be careful handling the giant egg becausethe outermost shell was "oddly super fragile."

She admits she wasn't quite sure what she had at first.

"Double yolk eggs are common and we've had a tripleyolkeronce. But this looked like it was from a dinosaur," she said.

It was only by cookingthe egg with husband Kyle taking video that the case was finally cracked.

"We were thinking there would be four yolks in itor something crazy," she said. "We cracked the big egg and the yolk came out a smushy yolk with the white. Andthen a whole new egg came out!"

Earlier this month a hobby farmer in Ontario also discovered a rareegg-in-egg.

He had his egg X-rayed.

Denne'sfamily has kept chickens at their Holly Hills farm for years collecting five dozen eggs a day from 60 hens. This isthe first time they've come across an egg-in-egg.

According to Denne's six-year-old daughter, Cora, the egg-in-egg was "really yummy."