First Egg - Will they get bigger?

[courtneyytags]

Hey, attached is a picture of my first egg. It is a VERY beautiful blue color (just happened to match the flowers on my nails) and turned out pretty clean. My dog, Cookie, seems to be fascinated by the egg as well my two ameraucana hens are around seven months old and according to the person who sold them to me, they just started to lay a week ago. The only thing I noticed, is that the egg was very small. I fed my two SL Wyandotte really well since the time that they were chicks and they’re a bit bigger than my new ameraucana hens. My SL Wyandotte are still yet to lay, but I wonder if their size has anything to do with it. I was wondering if feeding these hens more than their last owner will increase their eggs size? Or maybe just give it time. The other hen laid another one later that day and it was also around the same size. I feed them layer feed and while the sun is up, I let them free range for grass, bugs, and I see them eating... really small rocks as well? I also give my chickens lots of seed treats, mealworms, and fruit so maybe that will help the ameraucanas. They’re pets before they’re egg layers to me so even if they do end up naturally laying small eggs, I will be fine with it. I will check the actual weight of the eggs in the morning if anyone’s curious

 

[Chookchicken]

There eggs will most likely increase in size over the next few weeks. Chickens eat small rocks to help crush and grind there food so don’t worry about that

 

[Henrietta 65]

Normally the first few eggs can be a bit weird ( fairy eggs soft shell and so on ) but want she gets into a rhythm she will start to lay bigger eggs beautiful egg by the way

 

[Henrietta 65]

Oh and welcome to byc

 

[courtneyytags]

Oh and welcome to byc

Thank you!

 

[courtneyytags]

There eggs will most likely increase in size over the next few weeks. Chickens eat small rocks to help crush and grind there food so don’t worry about that

Thanks

 

[Christine12]

Yes they will get bigger. My first silkie egg was tiny but over a few weeks got bigger. Also when they first started laying, I had two double yolkers that I believe is not uncommon when hens first start to lay.

 

[RebelEgger]

That is a gorgeous little egg!

 

[sourland]

Congratulations on the 'first' eggs. They will become somewhat larger in size.

 

[KarynVA]

Pretty egg! My 3 have been laying since October and, in my experience, yes the eggs do get bigger but it is not a linear progression and plateau. There are still plenty of small eggs, some medium, and some very large eggs throughout each week.