First eggs are so small!

[SueT]

Wow!!
I got a friend that loves his eggs small and only buys medium size, because our store doesn't sell small.
He was crazy for my eggs, pplView attachment 1503494 ,till they got over 50 grams.
I would like to get some small egg layers, but I need another coop. GC

Here's a pic of 4 eggs from yesterday from left to right, a Spitzhauben pullet egg, a bantam egg from Sebright hen, a Speckled Sussex egg, and a Leghorn egg. As you can see, the Spitzhauben egg is the smallest, and they are not a bantam breed. Their eggs will get bigger...the Sussex is 2+ years old and has always laid mediums. The bantam Sebright eggs seem pretty big for that tiny little hen.
I love tiny eggs too! I hope to get more bantams and start a tiny egg company one day...

 

[kklowell]

I weighed some eggs this morning, trying to get a reasonable dozen to give my brother. One of yesterday's eggs was .8 ounce. I've been getting tiny eggs for a few weeks now and I'm impatient for them to get bigger. Takes too many tiny ones to make a breakfast.

 

[aart]

It can take days, or weeks, or months for eggs to get up to 'large' size.
Some birds will never lay 'large'.

I sell 'pullets dozens' by weight.

 

[kklowell]

The breeds I have are "advertised" as laying large and bigger eggs. I have Leghorns, RIR, White Rocks, Golden Comets and one SLW. They were all hatched in March and are giving me between 5 and 9 eggs a day.

 

[Better Than Rubies]

My Production Red I think is supposed to lay large eggs, but her eggs are usually small or mediumish...but they are large when she gives me an occasional double yolker (then they're so long, that it's hard for the carton lid to close properly).
Here's a picture of her normal smaller eggs next to her large double yolkers:

My Amberlink's eggs are pretty consistent in size and weight (large? dark brown).
My Barred Rock usually lays eggs on the large side, too...one time she gave me this SUPER long egg!, longer than the PR's double yolker, and she's also given me a couple of huge and FAT eggs (SO huge, again, the carton lid can barely shut). But once in a while she gives me a small egg. And today she gave me a small ball-shaped egg, despite taking the day off yesterday.

 

[rod5591]

I have 17 hens and one rooster. Today I got 4 eggs. One of the RI Reds was sitting on it for over an hour like she wanted to hatch it.

Does anyone dehydrate extra eggs for storage?