Australorps - HUGE Eggs?

[LisaJean]

Hey there! Long time no see.

I have two Black Australorps that are right around six months old, now. The last few days, I have been finding HUGE, I mean HUUUUGE squat, pale beige eggs in the nestbox. They don't look like the eggs my Barred Rocks or Productions Reds lay. Are 'Lorps known for laying ridiculously ginorm eggs? If so, mine have started to lay! A couple of the eggs have been a little misshapen, too, like they were laid by a newbie.

 

[paxicotrader]

We have 10 black australorps and one of them lays huge eggs, just like you are talking about. Sometimes, they even have a double yolk. We call her Big Mama.

 

[EweSheep]

Yep, not that unusual to find Xtra large eggs from Aussies!

 

[Flowers of Abba]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/24436_eggs.jpg


This olive green eggs is from our cross hen named "Grace" Her father is an Auracauna roo and / mom is an Australorp hen. The pink eggs is from a EE.

Can you believe how big this is. I think this is a double yolker, but her DAILY egg is almost the same size!!!!! Great layers and pretty good temperaments. I think I am going to cross an Australorp with a Barnvelder this spring!

 

[LisaJean]

Thanks, everbody! I'm pretty sure now that at least one of the 'Lorps has started to lay, although I haven't caught her in the nest box yet. The new eggs just look so different from the ones I'm used to. They're a much paler brown, almost a grayish color, and huge as I said, and they are much less oblong. One we got the other day was practically a sphere!

 

[gsim]

I have 6 black aussies and they are really sweet tempered and would be so good with little kids, a lot like buff orps but far better for eggs and consistency and even more so in wintertime. Mine lay biggies too and some double yolkers along with some of the buff comets I have. They are so shy that it took longer to make up with them. The least friendly of my 4 breeds are the buff comets, but they rock for egg production.