So during the night my Olive Egger pullet laid 2 eggs within 15 minutes of each other. I've never heard of this happening- a quick Google search shows it does happen but very rarely. Anyway I found it interseting so I wanted to share.
The subject is Jumpy, a 20 week "TSC Bielefelder" who turned out to be an OE. She just laid her first egg on December 24. She laid eggs #2 and #3 last night on the roost. They were soft, but unbroken. One had a "hole" which appeared to have resealed prior to being laid. Althoguh soft, neither egg broke on impact. Both eggs were similiar in size to her first egg. The first egg she laid was very light, nearly white, in color. The second egg was a pale olive green.
Here is a video of her laying the eggs:
What you are seeing is egg #1 being laid. I then zoom on the egg and the pullet. You can kind of see her crest in the video. I then fast forward the video about 15 minutes, and you can see her lay egg #2. I zoom in again on the egg and on Jumpy.
I'm guessing this was possible because the eggs were soft-shelled. And since her first egg was perfectly normal, and she has access to calcium, I'm thinking these eggs were only soft because she couldn't produce enough calcium to make 2 shells. I'm also guessing that this occurred because she is young, and their bodies seem to to do wonky things with eggs at this age. But this is all just theory.
Here is her first egg:
I am sharing this because it's interesting, and hopefully a fluke. But if anyone has experience with this or suspects a reproductive problem with the hen, I'd like to hear your thoughts.
This last pic is of Jumpy and one of her actual Bielefelder "siblings" from TSC.
The subject is Jumpy, a 20 week "TSC Bielefelder" who turned out to be an OE. She just laid her first egg on December 24. She laid eggs #2 and #3 last night on the roost. They were soft, but unbroken. One had a "hole" which appeared to have resealed prior to being laid. Althoguh soft, neither egg broke on impact. Both eggs were similiar in size to her first egg. The first egg she laid was very light, nearly white, in color. The second egg was a pale olive green.
Here is a video of her laying the eggs:
What you are seeing is egg #1 being laid. I then zoom on the egg and the pullet. You can kind of see her crest in the video. I then fast forward the video about 15 minutes, and you can see her lay egg #2. I zoom in again on the egg and on Jumpy.
I'm guessing this was possible because the eggs were soft-shelled. And since her first egg was perfectly normal, and she has access to calcium, I'm thinking these eggs were only soft because she couldn't produce enough calcium to make 2 shells. I'm also guessing that this occurred because she is young, and their bodies seem to to do wonky things with eggs at this age. But this is all just theory.
Here is her first egg:
I am sharing this because it's interesting, and hopefully a fluke. But if anyone has experience with this or suspects a reproductive problem with the hen, I'd like to hear your thoughts.
This last pic is of Jumpy and one of her actual Bielefelder "siblings" from TSC.
