Detemining final egg size

[JacinLarkwell]

How do you k ow when your pulley has reached the normal egg size? I have a calico princess that has been laying for about 2.5 months with consitancy and last night got an egg 2x as big. Is this a double yolker or the right size and all her previous ones were pullet eggs?

 

[Whigru]

I actually just posted a similar question. I’d guess that big one is a double but who knows?! Have you been weighing them at all? Mine are all around 45grams so still pretty small and she’s been laying for about 6 weeks.

 

[Sally PB]

Mine have been in the 40-45 gram size. Black Australorp pullets, about 5 1/2 months old, been laying for about 5 weeks now. Two exceptions to that size:

First, two were 63-65 grams, same pullet, both double yolks, both from the same girl.

Second, one of the pullets has laid only peewee eggs, mostly 36-38 grams. Her name is Little, as she was the smallest chick, but she's not the smallest now. She's the alpha girl, though not domineering about it. Do you think she resents her name and is trying to tell me something?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I don't weigh my eggs. Don't see the point honestly. But I do know that I've never really seen bigsize differences in my eggs between first time eggs and then eggs 4 years later with the same bird

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Granted I didn't even know pulley eggs were a thing before I was told on here not to incubate them

 

[aart]

Is this a double yolker or the right size and all her previous ones were pullet eggs?

Open it up and see.....then wait.

Some pullets eggs get larger faster than others.
Can take days...or weeks....or months.
Then of course they can get even bigger the second season.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Great :\

I hope for her sake they don't get bigger than this. We already have a hen (unrelated) that has problems constantly because her eggs are too big.

The large one was a single yolk, and she laid another the same size the next day, so I guess she's laying giant eggs now...

 

[Ridgerunner]

Each chicken is an individual, they can develop at different rates. Most of mine tend to get bigger the first month they lay at a reasonable rate, but after that it slows down. But they still get bigger as they age. After the first adult molt you can usually see another increase when they start laying again but they can still get a bit bigger. But I'd consider her eggs after her first adult molt her "normal" size.

The large one was a single yolk, and she laid another the same size the next day, so I guess she's laying giant eggs now...

I have not seen that big of a jump and it be consistent. Strange. Sounds like you are sure it is her laying all those eggs. I don't have an explanation for that. Chickens never cease to surprise me.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Each chicken is an individual, they can develop at different rates. Most of mine tend to get bigger the first month they lay at a reasonable rate, but after that it slows down. But they still get bigger as they age. After the first adult molt you can usually see another increase when they start laying again but they can still get a bit bigger. But I'd consider her eggs after her first adult molt her "normal" size.

The large one was a single yolk, and she laid another the same size the next day, so I guess she's laying giant eggs now...


I have not seen that big of a jump and it be consistent. Strange. Sounds like you are sure it is her laying all those eggs. I don't have an explanation for that. Chickens never cease to surprise me.

She's the only girl I have in the coop she's in. The other bird keeping her company is a male, so I don't think the male laid any

After the adult mold would make sense. I think she still has that to go through, so maybe there's hope they stay this size or smaller