Chicken laying small eggs

[Chicken12367]

Hi all, this hen was hatched last year and is around 8 months old now. When she started laying her eggs were of a small size which I thought was completely normal for a hen who had just started laying. But as the months went on the size of the eggs she was laying never changed and when compared to normal chicken eggs they look quite small. Any ideas on why this is happening and will she always lay small eggs?
Thanks in advance

 

[Kabootar]

Some breed of hens lay smaller eggs. If your pullet has been laying on smaller side for months now, don't expect it to change much. Some production breeds and hybrids like RIR, leghorns, Minorcas, sexlinks etc were bred to lay larger eggs. If your birds are large egg layes then this pullet's egg will look particularly small.

 

[The Backyard Bantams]

Small chicken often lay small eggs! I don’t think it’s anything to worry about! What breed is she? A bantam?

 

[Chicken12367]

Small chicken often lay small eggs! I don’t think it’s anything to worry about! What breed is she? A bantam?

I’m not too sure but I don’t think she’s a bantam she’s pretty much the same size as my other large fowl hens. She hatched from an egg that was off of eBay and described as mixed large foul.

 

[Whigru]

I had a Barred Rock and a Rhode Island Red that both laid smaller eggs. They were similar in size to medium eggs you’d find in the store, and had slight variations from egg to egg, but were pretty consistently small. My neighbor, who also has chickens, commented once on how tiny they were compared to hers, which is when I first wondered the same thing you did. I will be curious if this new batch of birds of mine have some larger size eggs or not.

 

[Chicken12367]

I had a Barred Rock and a Rhode Island Red that both laid smaller eggs. They were similar in size to medium eggs you’d find in the store, and had slight variations from egg to egg, but were pretty consistently small. My neighbor, who also has chickens, commented once on how tiny they were compared to hers, which is when I first wondered the same thing you did. I will be curious if this new batch of birds of mine have some larger size eggs or not.

Yes sometimes I think that her eggs are getting bigger but then the next egg she lays is a little smaller, she lays pretty much everyday and is the loudest hen from my flock.

 

[aart]

I’m not too sure but I don’t think she’s a bantam she’s pretty much the same size as my other large fowl hens. She hatched from an egg that was off of eBay and described as mixed large foul.

What breed is she?
Almost looks like a silver laced wyandotte, mine laid small egg even as adults.

 

[LaFleche]

Yes sometimes I think that her eggs are getting bigger but then the next egg she lays is a little smaller, she lays pretty much everyday and is the loudest hen from my flock.

At least she compensates for the size with quantity. Another advantage: Chicken that lay smaller eggs will seldom suffer from egg-binding and other issues of the reproductive system as the smaller eggs will not overstrain the oviduct.

 

[Kabootar]

Yes sometimes I think that her eggs are getting bigger but then the next egg she lays is a little smaller, she lays pretty much everyday and is the loudest hen from my flock.

Avoid hatching her eggs small eggs produce small chicks, large eggs 65+ grams produce wide and chunky chicks.

 

[Chicken12367]

Avoid hatching her eggs small eggs produce small chicks, large eggs 65+ grams produce wide and chunky chicks.

Thanks, I was thinking of putting some of her eggs into the incubator but now that you’ve said that it’s made me rethink it. I wouldn’t want small chicks that would go on to lay small sized eggs.