Extra large jumbo eggs

[TBlevins]

One of our chickens lays MASSIVE eggs. (The gray one - we believe she’s a Sapphire Gem.) Her biggest had been 90 grams. (For reference, store bought “jumbo” eggs go around 71 grams, I believe.) But today ... NINETY ONE GRAMS!!! I’m starting to think that she’s going to need some ice for her lady parts!!
(But seriously - can an egg this big hurt a chicken? Or is this just “normal” for her breed?)

 

[Jenessa_096]

Did you crack it open? Big eggs can usually be double yolkers.

 

[TBlevins]

Did you crack it open? Big eggs can usually be double yolkers.

Not yet. Hers from yesterday was a double yolker though.

 

[Sally PB]

I watched a video of how an egg is formed. It comes down the pipe pointy end first. It's laid big end first.

Which means at some point, it's sideways...

 

[handtmorgan]

Our average egg was 2.2 ounces, then our Cornish cross chickens started laying 2.7 ounce, massive (we thought) eggs. One laid a double, and it's 3.8 ounces, almost 108 grams. It doesn't fit in an egg carton (the 2.7 ouncers fit but you can't close the lid).

 

[Jenessa_096]

Our average egg was 2.2 ounces, then our Cornish cross chickens started laying 2.7 ounce, massive (we thought) eggs. One laid a double, and it's 3.8 ounces, almost 108 grams. It doesn't fit in an egg carton (the 2.7 ouncers fit but you can't close the lid).

Nice! Nothing like your own homegrown eggs!

 

[My Bagurks]

I added 7 laying saphire gems. They ALL lay massive eggs. Yours looks exactly like mine. Every single egg they laid while separated, put a store bought jumbo to shame.