hi my 8 month old easter egger just started laying eggs one every other day. what worries me is the large egg size difference i am sending pic. the first one was small, the next 2 large and today a small one. i feed them purina laying pellets plus give them oyster shell. they free range for about 8 hrs a day and eat greens while running around. is this size different normal?
It's pretty common for new layers to have all sorts of issues with their eggs for a bit. Give her a while to get all the glitches worked out, and she should start being more consistent with her egg size.
my 8 month old easter egger just started laying eggs one every other day. what worries me is the large egg size difference i am sending pic. the first one was small, the next 2 large and today a small one.
Yeah, the Large eggs are probably double yolks. It pretty much a given with new layers, some breeds/types more so than others.
Early layers before 5 months usually lay small/Peewee size eggs to start.
My Golden Comets were all laying by 19 weeks and gave me a lots of small eggs for a few weeks. . Then quickly got bigger .with a lot of double yolks..
My Barred Rocks were all laying by 23 weeks, 4 weeks later than the Golden Comets. I got very few double yolks from them.
I do love them double yolks, but I do feel bad for the Pullet.
Your Egger will lay single yolk eggs when her systems stabilize. How long? I don't know, never had an Easter Egger. My Comets laid double yolks for months, the Rocks less than a month.
My Comets are 44 months old and my Rocks are 16 months. GC
