First dozen in a single day!

[Dogfish]

I have 16 hens and most are currently laying or coming into lay. Egg production has been on a steady increase since the first started to lay the end of July. I''ve been getting steady 9-11 egg days for the last week and last night when I went out I found my first perfect dozen! Time to start working on a client list for folks who want some eggs.

 

[carrlr]

Congratulations!!!! I have 12 hens, kind of curious if I'll ever get a dozen in one day. We've been averaging 6-7 per day. They are not all the same age but should be all at laying age pretty soon.

 

[tuesdays chicks]

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I think you might get a full dozen a couple days a week.

 

[phaethona]

yay!

I have 11 girls who've been laying for about a month and the most I've had in one day is 6

I wish they'd kick it up a notch, ever since the recall started EVERYONE I know suddenly wants to jump on my Crazy Chicken Lady bandwagon

 

[Ohhhdear]

I've had a dozen eggs twice since my 12 girls started laying mid-July. However, only yesterday were all 12 eggs hard-shelled. The other time two of the eggs were "jelly-eggs". Still getting a couple double-yolker eggs and no-yolkers. I've been told that it's their egg laying mechanisms getting into gear and it's not uncommon for the first month or so to get weird eggs.
But there's usually 10 eggs a day, all medium to large brown eggs and really yummy!
Thinking about putting out a "Fresh Eggs for Sale" sign in the yard

 

[J.Pryce]

Congrats on your dozen in a day. I have 11 hens, but believe only 6 are laying right now, the others haven't started but should soon. I did get my high daily number of 6 eggs on Wednesday. I got 4 today, but one was very small- only the size of a pigeon egg. Could this have been a first egg for one of my youngsters? My high number for the week of eggs is 26, you probably will get twice as many as me.

 

[Muggsmagee]

Isn't that awesome!!! We got our first egg July 4th, and have gotten 19 in one day this last Tues. We are up to 18 so far today, but I can't wait till they break their record! All of our girls are 6 months and younger, so it is exciting when you find a new one laying! We have 22 laying hens (that I know of). Congratulations.