Hi folks,
New to posting in this forum, however I've had chickens for about two years now and I reference it for information all the time. We are having a very strange issue. Planning on calling the vet tomorrow but right now they're closed, hoping someone out there will be able to lend some advice.
Backstory: Got 3 Bielefelders off a local breeder some time ago. They started laying a little before winter hit. I don't supplement light in the winter, as they don't stop laying entirely and I don't have a need to push them to lay (may as well give the girls a break). So the Bielefelders were laying very sporadically, once or twice a week. Recently everyone has started to lay more consistently.
Five days ago we got the biggest egg I've ever seen in my entire life. We weighed it and it was 163 grams. Apparently the largest Canadian hen egg ever laid was 180 grams and so we had a bit of a chuckle, checked on all the birds (they were fine) and cracked it open. It had another egg inside, which is what I had expected. Especially since they are fairly new layers and their systems are still figuring it all out.
Two days later, we get ANOTHER 163g egg. That made me a little worried. But all the hens were fine, nobody was acting like they were in pain. I thought it could be a fluke and it could be one of the other 3 Bielefelders.
Today we got ANOTHER ONE. 163g, same as the rest. Now I'm really worried. It can't be healthy for the bird, and I don't think each of the 3 birds are doing it but short of literally sitting there watching them all day I have no way of finding out. Will it kill the one that keeps doing it? Should I be completely concerned? Has anyone else had this happen regularly?
New to posting in this forum, however I've had chickens for about two years now and I reference it for information all the time. We are having a very strange issue. Planning on calling the vet tomorrow but right now they're closed, hoping someone out there will be able to lend some advice.
Backstory: Got 3 Bielefelders off a local breeder some time ago. They started laying a little before winter hit. I don't supplement light in the winter, as they don't stop laying entirely and I don't have a need to push them to lay (may as well give the girls a break). So the Bielefelders were laying very sporadically, once or twice a week. Recently everyone has started to lay more consistently.
Five days ago we got the biggest egg I've ever seen in my entire life. We weighed it and it was 163 grams. Apparently the largest Canadian hen egg ever laid was 180 grams and so we had a bit of a chuckle, checked on all the birds (they were fine) and cracked it open. It had another egg inside, which is what I had expected. Especially since they are fairly new layers and their systems are still figuring it all out.
Two days later, we get ANOTHER 163g egg. That made me a little worried. But all the hens were fine, nobody was acting like they were in pain. I thought it could be a fluke and it could be one of the other 3 Bielefelders.
Today we got ANOTHER ONE. 163g, same as the rest. Now I'm really worried. It can't be healthy for the bird, and I don't think each of the 3 birds are doing it but short of literally sitting there watching them all day I have no way of finding out. Will it kill the one that keeps doing it? Should I be completely concerned? Has anyone else had this happen regularly?
. BTW welcome to BYC! 
