Easter Egger club!

[Chicken5555]

That's awesome!! My Australorp laid a 97gram egg yesterday so I'm right there with you-HUGE!!!

Our was a double yolker, anxious to hear what yours looks like!

I decided to be totally crazy and put it in the incubator with the other eggs I set this afternoon.

97 grams, wow! That's a whopper for sure.

 

[Catandherchicks]

This had to hurt!! My easter egger named Wormy laid another whopper today. The last one was 81.3 grams and this one is.... .....103.8 grams!!!! for reference, I weighed a large store egg and it was only 41 grams.

 

[Sylvester017]

This had to hurt!! My easter egger named Wormy laid another whopper today. The last one was 81.3 grams and this one is....

.....103.8 grams!!!!
for reference, I weighed a large store egg and it was only 41 grams.

So impressive! Those huge eggs scare me though. I always wonder what it's doing to the chicken that lays oversize eggs.

 

[Chicken5555]

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I'm worried one of these eggs will be the death of Wormy. I've seen people talk about egg bound hens so much. Knowing how the eggs are made is another reason I worry about her. They have to turn completely around before coming out!

 

[Sylvester017]

I'm worried one of these eggs will be the death of Wormy. I've seen people talk about egg bound hens so much. Knowing how the eggs are made is another reason I worry about her. They have to turn completely around before coming out!

Don't use Wormy for breeding so that the oversize egg characteristic doesn't get passed on to future offspring. My 4.5-lb White Leghorn layed huge eggs for a lightweight breed and she was a prolific layer too. Leghorns are notorious for having a 45% reproductive cancer rate before age 4 which is why researchers use them for ovarian cancer study. If they live past their 4th year they still continue laying those big eggs although at 20% less each year of laying TG! Our Ameraucana layed XL eggs for being only about 5.5-lbs (she looked big only because of all her fluff) but she didn't lay more than 4 eggs per week which is still a lot but better than being a Leghorn that lays 5 to 6 per week.

 

[ChickenMama6RIR]

How can you tell what color eggs your Easter egger will lay?

 

[FlyWheel]

How can you tell what color eggs your Easter egger will lay?

I don't think you can. An Easter Egger is not a purified breed so there is no way I can think of to know what egg genes it's parent's gave it.

 

[ChickenMama6RIR]

Ok thanks! I am hoping for a blue or green layer lol

 

[ApiaryandAviary]

TSC Chick Days starts today in our area.

 

[Sylvester017]

How can you tell what color eggs your Easter egger will lay?

You'll know what color the egg is after she lays it. There is no crystal ball that tells you in advance what color the shells will be!