Do Buff Orpingtons just lay one egg a day???

[Willow's Meadow]

I thought I heard Buff Orpingtons lay just one egg a day. But I went in the coop today and one of the Buff Orpingtons was standing right over 3 eggs and two were cold and one was warm. I guess a different chicken could have laid the others and then she laid one right in the same spot. But I was just wondering if Buff Orpingtons lay just one egg a day???

 

[Illia]

ALL chickens lay at the most, one egg a day.

 

[Louieandthecrew]

Yes, it is imposable for one chicken to lay more than one egg a day because it takes proximately 24 hours for a hen/pullet to make an egg.

 

[BigDaddy'sGurl]

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I wouldn't call it impossible...many people have had chickens mysteriously manage to produce more than one a day but it is extremely rare.

 

[Chick Charm]

One a day is a good day.

And if you have an orpington that can lay three a day, I have a new name for your breed.......Super Chicken.

Wishing you the best. And yes, the other two eggs were from days previous or from other chickens.

I had a chicken that layed two eggs in one day but the second egg was not formed right.

 

[sourland]

Generally all chickens lay no more than one egg a day; however, on very long days if a hen's cycle becomes somewhat skewed there is the outside chance that two eggs might be laid in the same 24 hour period. This would be followed by a skipped day for sure.