2 Eggs in 1 Day!

[Compost King]

there was a thread recently where a woman had a white leghorn lay 2 eggs in one day and she started assuming her Welsumer was a brown leghorn. Then she made a thread about which one of her chickens was laying the dark egg. Eventually she had it all worked out.

 

[EggWalrus]

Well, Bianca sure looks pleased with herself. No doubt about those two eggs coming from the same layer.

Two eggs in the same day from a hen is not all that rare of an event. It, along with many other variations in eggs happen all the time. The thing to be concerned about is that this becomes a feature not a bug. Two yolks released in close succession can have risks.

You need to keep watch that Bianca might show signs of being egg bound and deal with it early with supplemental calcium to get the two eggs expelled before they cause trouble in her reproductive track. You'll recognize she's having trouble if you see her immobile with her tail low and flat and maybe pumping her rear as she squats.

Right now, Bianca is young and her shell gland is healthy and producing plenty of calcium. The problem is one that would crop up later on as her body loses it's "beginner's luck". A yolk released in close succession can be thin-shelled or shell-less and more likely to get hung up. This may never happen with Bianca, but it bears keeping an eye on.

I've always heard it is near impossible and if possible a extremely rare event. It take at least 25 hrs AFTER a hen lays an egg till another egg is ready to lay.
Even if a hen released 2 yolks in 24 hrs, it would probably be a double yolker, not 2 eggs. I'd be willing to put money that she layed one late after the eggs were collected the day before, and Brahma just found it and that days egg together. That or his wife/someone is Punking him.

 

[Compost King]

I've always heard it is near impossible and if possible a extremely rare event. It take at least 25 hrs AFTER a hen lays an egg till another egg is ready to lay.
Even if a hen released 2 yolks in 24 hrs, it would probably be a double yolker, not 2 eggs. I'd be willing to put money that she layed one late after the eggs were collected the day before, and Brahma just found it and that days egg together. That or his wife/someone is Punking him.

I am guessing the hen goes to roost at night with the egg already ready to drop, then drops it in the morning... and the next egg was already in production. Just a guess because I never took time to research or experiment with it

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

I've always heard it is near impossible and if possible a extremely rare event. It take at least 25 hrs AFTER a hen lays an egg till another egg is ready to lay.
Even if a hen released 2 yolks in 24 hrs, it would probably be a double yolker, not 2 eggs. I'd be willing to put money that she layed one late after the eggs were collected the day before, and Brahma just found it and that days egg together. That or his wife/someone is Punking him.

I checked the coop for eggs early this morning and I found none. I ate her first egg last night and plus if she did happen to lay last evening she laid her eggs under the roost so it would have been pooped on by the birds last night. I have the only keys to my coop and Bianca is my only true brown egg layer.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

I am guessing the hen goes to roost at night with the egg already ready to drop, then drops it in the morning... and the next egg was already in production. Just a guess because I never took time to research or experiment with it

She actually sleeps in the nest box next to her mom but the eggs weren’t in the nest box.

 

[Bonniebooboo]

FYI, It does happen. I lock each pullet by herself to see what they are laying. attached are a couple pictures. These are from my girls this year.
2 eggs from one has happened a few times over the years, but 3 in less than 24 hours is a first for me. The blue one laid hers within 2 hours of each other and were soft shell, cracked easily. her next egg was fine. Next pullet EE, I locked up evening, no egg laid for next 3 days. checked her 5 pm. No egg, probably laid after checking, but by noon next day when I checked her she had 3 eggs. So between 5pm and 12pm next day she had 3.Less than 24 hours. and all shells were fine.

 

[azygous]

Here on BYC, folks are wise to be skeptical since there are so many chicken keepers eager to chime in with guesses, opinions, things they're "heard", and things they've read on other chicken blogs.

However, you are relatively safe in relying on those who post here with actual experience with the given topic.

 

[Momma_Bear]

I had some that laid 2 every once in a while. Not many, but have

 

[aart]

I just wonder how do two eggs fit in the uterus(shelling gland) at the same time....
.....without one of them being odd or marred or soft or....??

 

[EggSighted4Life]

It take at least 25 hrs AFTER a hen lays an egg till another egg is ready to lay.

This has me thinking...

Even IF an egg takes "25 hours" to be complete... That doesn't mean an ova is only released every 25 hours... lets use leghorns or new layers as an example... Many lay daily for weeks on end before taking a single day off. So my guess is... there is more to the story (of egg making) than meets the eye and somehow breed/genetics does play a role... in addition to lighting and nutrition/overall health.