Can a chicken lay more than one egg a day?

[tuesdays chicks]

I would think that if a hen skip a day its possible for her to lay 2 eggs the next day. And I don't see why a hen that lays an occasional double yoker wouldn't also lay 2 eggs.

 

[Goose and Fig]

I had a BSL get locked in the feed tub overnight- so for 24 hours. When I opened it the next day there she was with 2 eggs. She didn't seem the least bit upset about being in there with all the goodies either

 

[tnchickenut]

Yes, I have a Del hen that will hold hers then lay me 2 a day and then hold them.... like she's playing keep-away or something and then having to catch up.

 

[heksa]

My white rock laid two eggs the first day it started laying. One of the eggs had soft shell though.

 

[lizgreene]

My Maran laid two eggs yesterday - I know because I only have two chickens and I had three eggs in the morning. All had hard shells. I suspect she laid two the day before too. She hadn't laid in a while while the my goldstar lays faithfully one every morning. I had been picking up the Goldstar and stroking her every morning, so I started doing that with the Maran and after a few days of that she started to lay again.

 

[bills]

I had 8 eggs from six hens one day, so it does happen, regardless of "what the book says".

I don't go along with the, one hour a day later, lay time either. If anything my hens seem to be laying earlier, rather than later...maybe it's just the time of year..

 

[abhaya]

When my rir was the only chicken here I got 2 eggs one day I know it was her as she was a solo act.

 

[PepsNick]

I'm thinking what if a hen lays at midnight and then at 11:59 PM?

 

[PattyO]

In the new edition of Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens it says that in 1979 a strain of superior Leghorns developed at the University of Missouri averaged more than one egg a day per hen. One of the hens laid 371 eggs in 364 days, and another laid an egg a day for 448 days without a break. Amazing!

 

[ClareScifi]

Did anyone's chickens who were laying multiple eggs per day survive? Or did they all get egg peritonitis and die? How long did they live after the daily multiple-egg laying started or occurred?

Thanks for your help.

Clare