A "perfectly spherical" chicken egg has sold for an "unbelievable" £480 on the internet auction site eBay.
Kim Broughton found one of her hens - now renamed Ping Pong - had laid the round egg in her garden in Latchingdon, Essex, on 17 February - Pancake Day.
Kim Broughton found one of her hens - now renamed Ping Pong - had laid the round egg in her garden in Latchingdon, Essex, on 17 February - Pancake Day.
She decided to auction the egg in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust after a friend's son died from the disease.
Ms Broughton, 44, said she imagined the buyer was interested in preserving, rather than eating, the unusual egg.
The item, laid by a Buff Orpington hen - described as the "Scarlett Johansson of the chicken world" - attracted 64 bids, but the identity of the winner is not yet known.
Ms Broughton said she had been tempted to cook and eat the egg before being told it was "one-in-a-billion".
Ms Broughton, 44, said she imagined the buyer was interested in preserving, rather than eating, the unusual egg.
The item, laid by a Buff Orpington hen - described as the "Scarlett Johansson of the chicken world" - attracted 64 bids, but the identity of the winner is not yet known.
Ms Broughton said she had been tempted to cook and eat the egg before being told it was "one-in-a-billion".
BBC news
28 February 2015
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