First for me today....

[Original Recipe]

9 eggs from 8 hens! Pulled 7 eggs from the nest box this afternoon and happened to glance into the roost area and saw an egg under the roost (a rarity with my girls). Opened the top to retrieve it and discovered not one, but two eggs, both clearly from the same bird; my Buff Orpington. Pretty neat.

 

[lightchick]

Cool!

 

[subhanalah]

Maybe the other egg was hiding in there from yesterday?

 

[subhanalah]

Sounds like you may have a new girl coming into lay.

 

[Original Recipe]

All of my girls have been laying for 6 months now and are well up to speed on things, so not a new layer thing. I know it wasn't overlooked from yesterday because I open the top to do a head count before I lock up each night, and if I'm short any eggs (which I was yesterday) I always check for hiders since I've gotten a few 8:00 PM eggs before. Also wasn't there when I opened up at 4:00 AM this morning either. These are definitely from my Buff Orp. as her eggs are distinguishable from the rest of the flock and she is the only one who has ever laid in the roosting area. You can see by the pic that these two eggs were touching each other in the oviduct. My Orp. is the biggest bird in my flock and lays the smallest egg, and seems to have a more difficult time with it. The smaller egg is her normal size and the other is slightly larger. I'm guessing it took her a while to pass it and the other spilled right out behind it since they were sitting right next to one another.

 

[lightchick]

Wow. Cool.