Egg Sizes

[TARDIS37379]

Both eggs came from my flock of New Jersey Giants, both hens are the same age and fed the same diet.
The large egg was not a double yolk.
They have lots of water and food.
I don’t really have a concern but I wish I knew how to make the egg sizes more consistent.
This often occurs with my girls. There are over 40 in the flock.
Comments?
Thoughts?
Smart remarks?

 

[Stepnout]

Age or ages? Are they hens or pullets? Pullets take a while to sort out the egg factory and that could be an explanation.

 

[TARDIS37379]

These hens are about 16-17 months and are the same age. These are full grown NJG at about 8-9 pounds.

 

[Erba]

Did you breed these chickens yourself? It could be a matter of genetics. Even same breed hens can lay different size eggs. That said, that is a mighty big size difference for any one breed. Look up the weight of the eggs for your breed and see if you've got a couple of under sized and oversized eggs there. It happens, but the average should be the weight of the breed.

 

[TARDIS37379]

Did you breed these chickens yourself? It could be a matter of genetics. Even same breed hens can lay different size eggs. That said, that is a mighty big size difference for any one breed. Look up the weight of the eggs for your breed and see if you've got a couple of under sized and oversized eggs there. It happens, but the average should be the weight of the breed.

The layers in the flock came from a very reputable hatchery.
According to my Reasearch, NJG lay big mediums to large or XL eggs. So in the range of about 55 to 65 grams (give or take).

 

[Erba]

So are those eggs both in that weight class?