Help...80g eggs!

[mike001]

Hi all,

One of my hens is consistently layign giant 80g double yolk eggs. She is young, about 18-19 weeks, and has been laying for about 3 weeks. She is a "red sex link" or "golden comet" (I have both and can't tell the difference).

Is this bad? Can she die? What I can do to stop it?

I am feeding them Dumor grower/finisher (I have a mixed flock from 19 weeks to 16 weeks) supplemented with oyster shells.

 

[mike001]

...also, they free range most of the day almost every day, so they eat bugs and grass and leftovers and chicken scratch and whatever else they find.

 

[NovaAman]

Dunno! That is weird! An occasional egg is one thing, but every day? Wow!

 

[karlamaria]

ummmmmmmmmmmmm can I have her?? sounds like a heck of a gal lol. there is nothing you can do but reap the bounty LOL

 

[mike001]

But it can't be good for the chicken, can it?? 80g is massive! They don't even fit in egg cartons!

 

[WaterFowl209]

Wow sounds like your bragging J/K lol

 

[mike001]

How come no one is taking this seriously? Chickens are not supposed to lay eggs this big. It can't be good for her.

 

[WaterFowl209]

Hello, I did a little reading and it says sometimes pulleys new to egg laying will lay large eggs but they usually after a few lay normal sized eggs and also hens that continuously lay big eggs such as double and triple yoked can tear a vent which can be a serious manner, have you noticed any blood on your eggs.[=http://www.chickenkeepingsecrets.com/chicken-eggs/super-sized-eggs-double-or-triple-yokes/][/]

 

[mike001]

Wow, those are some big eggs. Thankfully mine are not that big and I haven't seen any blood, either inside or out. Maybe she will grow out of it?

 

[WaterFowl209]

Yeah I'm thinking she will grow out of it, keep me updated on how everything goes