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one-in-a-billion chance of occurring.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve probably processed about 30,000 eggs since I\u2019ve been here\u2019, said Ali.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"852\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22385897 lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SEI_236299597-4ab1.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>The ultra-rare egg was discovered at a farm in Devon (Picture: SWNS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018I put the eggs on a conveyor belt and they then get dropped into trays.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018And this one just wouldn\u2019t go through into the trays because it was the wrong shape.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I took it out and showed it to Andrew, the boss. I did some research and found spherical eggs are one-in-a-billion.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>But rather than keep it for herself, kind-hearted Ali is now set to auction off the rare egg and donate the proceeds to charity.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22385894 lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SEI_236299514-e3e2.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Farm worker Ali Greene made the one-in-billion discovery (Picture: Ali Greene \/ SWNS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She contacted auctioneers Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood who told her they would put it up under the hammer.<\/p>\n<p>Ali added the egg was now covered in lard and salt to help preserve it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Whoever buys it will probably want to blow it and keep the shell intact.They can mount it and be one of the few people on the planet to own one.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s a beautiful egg,\u2019 she said. \u2018I just wish we knew which chicken had laid it, because she won\u2019t ever lay another one.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tFollow Metro on WhatsApp to be the first to get all the latest news\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"256\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-19695292 lazyload\" alt=\"Apps With More Than One Million Users\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1632181964-e1700130460337.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Follow us to receive the latest news updates from Metro (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Metro\u2019s on Whatsapp! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va7gy437oQhUmmYX9F2z\">Join our community<\/a> for breaking news and juicy stories.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"440\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22385891 lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SEI_236299526-b541.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>The egg will be auctioned off for charity (Picture: Ali Greene \/ SWNS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018Chickens don\u2019t lay round eggs, it\u2019s just one of those weird things. We do see odd shaped eggs \u2013 some are long \u2013 some are tiny \u2013 but I\u2019ve never seen a round one.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I worked out I\u2019d probably have to work there for another 98 years to find another one.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Ali is taking the egg to the auctioneer on Friday, where it is due to be auctioned off on March 8.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m terrified,\u2019 she added. \u2018I break eggs every day but I don\u2019t want to break this one.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Last August, Ed Pownell, from Lambourn, Berkshire, shelled out \u00a3150 for a spherical egg discovered by a woman in a box from a supermarket in Ayr, Scotland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><strong><strong>Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:webnews@metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this, <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{“@context”:”https:\/\/schema.org”,”@type”:”VideoObject”,”name”:”Metro.co.uk”,”duration”:”T20S”,”thumbnailUrl”:”https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/01\/17\/20\/94226405-0-image-a-16_1737147201840.jpg”,”uploadDate”:”2025-01-17T20:52:36+0000″,”description”:”Ali Greene has seen tens of thousands of regular ones in her job.nnBut she was left stunned by finding one that was spherical.nnThe chance of an egg being round is one-in-a-billion.”,”contentUrl”:”https:\/\/videos.metro.co.uk\/video\/met\/2025\/01\/17\/2242079675795064810\/640x360_MP4_2242079675795064810.mp4″,”height”:640,”width”:360} To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weird"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":805,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800\/revisions\/805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}