Australorps breed Thread

[ocap]

I had a surprise egg today! What a jumbo! At least I think it is.

Dan

let us know if it has two yolks

 

[MeanV2]

Congratulations! It just needs to get wider now LOL

The egg is a tad over 1.5" wide, the tape is 1 1/4" wide. Question for everyone? Is it unusual to get an egg that big from a pullet her first week or is that normal?

Dan

 

[MeanV2]

let us know if it has two yolks

That is the first thing I was wondering.

Dan

 

[ronott1]

The egg is a tad over 1.5" wide, the tape is 1 1/4" wide. Question for everyone? Is it unusual to get an egg that big from a pullet her first week or is that normal?

Dan

No, it is not odd because they are older than other breeds when they start laying. There is a big difference between a 16 week old pullet egg and a 25 week old pullet egg.

 

[MeanV2]

No, it is not odd because they are older than other breeds when they start laying. There is a big difference between a 16 week old pullet egg and a 25 week old pullet egg.

Mine are 21 weeks old. Are there some breeds that lay at 16 weeks?

Dan

 

[ronott1]

Mine are 21 weeks old. Are there some breeds that lay at 16 weeks?

Dan

Leghorns and Golden Comets. Also Penedesnencas and a couple of others can start that early. They are very little eggs but get large quickly.

 

[MeanV2]

Kewl! I hatched a leghorn pullet out. She is 17 weeks old but hasn't laid an egg yet, unless it is brown! LOL!!

I will be looking for that 1st white egg soon then.

I weighed the egg today on a postage scale and it weighed 2.4 oz. That converts to just a hair over 68 grams. That would put it at the top of an Extra Large, just a little shy of Jumbo, still quite the pullet egg. Maybe it is the Big Ol' Bird they get. LOL!!

Dan

 

[ronott1]

Kewl! I hatched a leghorn pullet out. She is 17 weeks old but hasn't laid an egg yet, unless it is brown! LOL!!

I will be looking for that 1st white egg soon then.

I weighed the egg today on a postage scale and it weighed 2.4 oz. That converts to just a hair over 68 grams. That would put it at the top of an Extra Large, just a little shy of Jumbo, still quite the pullet egg. Maybe it is the Big Ol' Bird they get. LOL!!

Dan

She should lay one soon!

 

[Gramma Chick]

Quote: When they are bigger than normal ..most of the time they are a double yolker ...some have had 3 yolks ..I dont know what breed though

 

[ocap]

When they are bigger than normal ..most of the time they are a double yolker ...some have had 3 yolks ..I dont know what breed though

That is the first thing I was wondering.

Dan

I have three April 8 hatch buckeye pullets that have laid two dozen eggs, one was double yoke. Same hatch date for BA and Wyandotte, the pullets still are waiting for first egg