6 eggs from 4 hens

[Bedste]

4 Ancona Pullets started laying about a month ago. This week almost every other day I am collecting 6 eggs. For instance Sunday they layed 4 (one each) Monday 6, Tuesday 4 and today 6..... how is that possible. From what I understand it takes 25 hours to produce an egg.

 

[GoldenCometLady]

Sounds like at least 2 of your other chickens are laying

 

[sarahs chooks]

I get this quite a bit aswell, I have 9 chickens, 1 isnt laying, but I get 12 eggs from 8 laying girls... we don't mind makes the children laugh

 

[Judy]

I recently read that commercial houses get more like 2 a day by leaving lights on 24/7. Just read it once; don't know how true it is. Do they have an all night light source, like maybe a street light that lights up their coop?

If they're doing this with normal darkness, then just be grateful -- and know that your birds may wear out sooner from laying so often.

 

[gmendoza]

If one egg is smaller than the other,then its just passing an egg close to the one it needs to lay.Its called a fart egg.(I dont know of an easier word to use).