2 eggs from first time laying pullet??

[travhal]

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I went outside one morning (i had only 1 brown layer at the time). There were no brown eggs, then i checked in the afternoon and found 2 brown eggs. There is no possible way for my hen to hid the egg because i have a laying box which has only a thin layer of straw.

 

[Johnn]

i was there when she layed both

 

[travhal]

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Were they around the same size?

 

[Johnn]

yes she layed 1 and then got up for about half an hour then went back and popped out another

 

[Nonny]

My Australorp laid two perfect eggs on her first ever day of laying, within an hour of each other. None of my others started laying for at least a month afterwards.

 

[LT]

We went from 1 egg a day to 4 eggs a day. Of course, this happened while we were on vacation, but three of our girls did lay their first egg on the same day. I only wish I could have been there!

 

[goldies99]

i think it would be VERY rare that a chicken would lay TWO eggs in ONE day.....i did some research....ONE EGG A DAY....

http://www.afn.org/~poultry/egghen.htm

check out this site...... chickens lay only ONE eggs per day...

 

[Nonny]

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It's uncommon, but definitely not "rare". A quick check of the threads on here reveals quite a few just in our small section of the chicken raising community.

 

[goldies99]

not so sure its true....just how fast do you think a chicken can whip out another egg after it already laid one???....lets be real guys!!!........
it takes time to produce and egg....they may think the chicken laid 2 eggs.....but unless there are sitting there watch,
im not sure they are correct....they just may think the chicken is a SUPER CHICKEN EGG LAYER!!!!!.....

 

[Nonny]

I understand your scepticism, but you are wrong.

Often the second egg is malformed, soft shelled, or tiny.... in my case they were both perfect. And yes, I am certain they were from the same hen. Considering these were her first eggs, I assume the first was "stuck" somehow at the vent end while the other egg was being produced, resulting in two being laid the next morning.

I don't think she is a super chicken. I think she produced two eggs over two days, but laid them both in one morning.

You may find this interesting reading: http://www.spottedcowpress.ca/chapters/02FemaleAnatomy.pdf