A chicken laid a giant egg, which weighs 245 grams in Columbia. Its owner intends to apply for making the egg into the Guinness World Record Book.

The farmer is sure, that the egg which appeared on his farm is record-holder, prior to it the largest egg (175 grams) appeared in China.

According to the farmer, Franciscana is a usual five-year-old chicken fed by corn, it weighs about four kilograms.

The owner carefully keeps the giant egg in the refrigerator until the record is registered, ITAR-TASS reports.