Egg size?

[Going Quackers]

One of my 4 started laying recently now i would say by my checking in the store(LOL) she is giving about a Medium sized egg, is this the size they will always be? or is it just the beginning egg size.

They are nice eggs, a lovely minty green, solid shell ... i guess i just wish they were bigger lol but i'll deal with it her "siblings" have yet to lay, the birds are 6.5mths now...

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

They are called pullet eggs and are smaller than how her eggs will be in just a couple-three months.

 

[Going Quackers]

They are called pullet eggs and are smaller than how her eggs will be in just a couple-three months.

Ah, ok perfect! thank you!

 

[flockman]

Yeah they get bigger! It usually doesn't take long.

 

[DanEP]

I have two ee's that lay green eggs. They are about 9 months old now and both of them started much smaller than they are now, just be aware that ee,s may never lay a large egg some will stay at a large medium. I have one of those and the other lays a large egg, but either way they will eat just fine.

 

[Going Quackers]

I have two ee's that lay green eggs. They are about 9 months old now and both of them started much smaller than they are now, just be aware that ee,s may never lay a large egg some will stay at a large medium. I have one of those and the other lays a large egg, but either way they will eat just fine.

Alright, that's ok... i was just happy to see the eggs... we have ducks so i get BIG eggs too. Silly question but does the size of the chicken indicate a smaller egg? the one is a petite little bird, feisty as all get out but i cannot see her laying that big of an egg but perhaps it plays no role.

 

[Smith Hill Cottage]

Question
Re. unexplained loss of Buff Orpington
My mixed chicken flock, hereto previously healthy, two weeks ago started "picking." Four out of 24 birds show signs of bare bottom spots. I have treated w/ a mixture of Desitin and GoldBond Med. powder, sometimes mixed w/ olive oil. One of the birds is a rooster. They continue w/ good appetite and drinking water.
New flock
New coop, 8' by 8', lino floor, good ventilaton, hanging water and food inside during winter, some food/water hanging during summer
Sliding door and ramp for coop access
Enclosed yard, 12-inch deep w/ clean sand, 25' by 35', fenced and wired perimeter and top.
Yesterday morning I found a dead Buff in a floor-level nest, head hanging over side of box. No exterior damage, no picking evident on this hen.
Constant temp in coop 30F, 4 feet above floor. All roosts well spaced 4' or more above floor.
Two months ago, I started a 'treat' program w/ some cracked corn on ground outside in the mornings; regular feed and water are always in coop only. In summer, water also hanging in fenced yard. For winter, water is set on heating pan (not hanging) in coop.
Possibilities:
Hen was stepped on inadertently by other hen in a low next box?
Disease made her weak to changing temperatures?
Coccidiosis?