Egg laying

[DottiD]

I have 7 hens all different breeds. They are only 4 months old. My dorking is already laying eggs. I’ve got 3 in 3 days. Her eggs are small will they get bigger when she gets older or will they stay small?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

All pullet eggs start out smaller and slowly enlarge over the course of months. I'm not familiar with the general egg size of that breed, so I can't comment on that.

 

[Quackter]

All pullet eggs start out smaller and slowly enlarge over the course of months. I'm not familiar with the general egg size of that breed, so I can't comment on that.

Yeh it's all in the breed. My Austrolorps' first eggs were like the size of a store bought medium, now they're the size of two grade A's. I don't know how the poor things walk.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Eggs will get larger as the pullet's body adjusts to laying. How large they end up and hiw fast they get to that point depends on the individual bird.

 

[kchampion]

Hey all...jumping on this with a question...my girls have started laying...well kinda. LOL..
One chicken out of 5 has started and it was a RIR. Only 1 week in 3 days. Is that normal? I took it out. Should I have left it?

 

[rosemarythyme]

Hey all...jumping on this with a question...my girls have started laying...well kinda. LOL..
One chicken out of 5 has started and it was a RIR. Only 1 week in 3 days. Is that normal? I took it out. Should I have left it?

No reason to leave it. Take it and eat it!

 

[aart]

It can take anywhere from a few days to a few or more months for eggs to get up to a 'large' size...can depend on breed and/or individual bird.