Could first couple of eggs from same chicken be different sizes?

[spartanchick]

Can the first egg from the same pullet be different sizes and slightly different colors? I have 4 pullets and pretty sure only 1 is laying right now, since she is the only one I have seen in the nesting box and I check often! We have had 3 eggs and the 2nd one was smaller than the 1st and a little darker. The 3rd is bigger than the 2nd and a slighter different brown tinge to it but they all have white speckles.

 

[nab58]

yes, definitely. their egg size and color can change with every egg they lay. the color won't change from white to brown to blue. But a hen that lays brown can go from dark brown to light brown and speckled. I had one last week that was covered in chunks of white calcium that looked like cement.

 

[spartanchick]

Thank you for the response, I wasn't sure if another chicken was sneaking in and laying when I wasn't looking! The chunks of calcium couldn't of have felt too good coming out of your chicken!

 

[nab58]

I weigh my eggs every day. They range from about 1.7 oz to a whopping 2.7 oz. the average large grocery store egg is between 2.3 & 2.4 oz's.

 

[spartanchick]

Wow! That's a really good size. Mine are small right now but I read that they will get bigger. They taste so good!