Hen laid two eggs????

[Davidhalpern2]

Sofia a Columbian Rock lays huge eggs, usually in the 3 ounce range. She usually lays for two days, takes a day off and starts over again. I noticed she was acting a bit lathergic last night. she is usually the first in the coop and she was the last. Anyway, this morning I found these two eggs she had laid, apparently in the dark during the night, on the coop floor, not in a nest box as she always does. One is perfect, and one has a very soft shell. Any explanations? She is acting fine today.

 

[lightchick]

Wow! I'm thinking that the soft shell on the second maybe because she laid 2 at once. How is she now? (I know this is a late answer)

 

[Davidhalpern2]

Fine

 

[rc4u]

i take it that your in the "wash eggs" group?? nothing wrong with it. Just noticing...jeff

 

[mawahr]

David, I had this happen last night. I noticed one of my hens acting funny so I separated her from the flock and put her in a separate cage. I thought she was egg bound, had all the signs. This morning there were two eggs but one was soft shelled. How has your hen been since this incident and did you ever figure out why?

 

[Ridgerunner]

This is an old thread but the question was never answered.

A hen’s internal egg making factory has a lot of different parts. Occasionally there are some glitches. A heh is supposed to release one egg yolk a day, but occasionally some hens release two or even more instead. If they are released at the same time you will probably get a double yolked egg. If they are released at different times you can get two eggs in one day.

A hen normally makes a limited amount of shell material each day, though different hens are different. If she makes two eggs in one day, the second egg is often soft-shelled or even with no shell at all, just a membrane. She just didn’t make enough shell material for two eggs that day. The same thing can happen to color if she lays a brown egg. She may not make enough pigment for two eggs so the second egg is often lighter in color.

As long as it is not a real regular occurrence it is not a big deal. Oops happen. If this becomes the norm or spreads to other chickens you might have a disease problem, but as long as it is an occasional thing, it is no big deal.

Welcome to the forum. Hope this helps.

 

[Davidhalpern2]

David, I had this happen last night. I noticed one of my hens acting funny so I separated her from the flock and put her in a separate cage. I thought she was egg bound, had all the signs. This morning there were two eggs but one was soft shelled. How has your hen been since this incident and did you ever figure out why?

It happened twice over a two week period, but not since the original occurrence. She was a "new" addition to my flock so stress may have been a factor.

 

[mawahr]

I've had this group for about a year now. I'm not sure what stressors could've caused this but I'll keep an eye on her. She seems fine this morning. Thanks for the quick response!

 

[mawahr]

This is an old thread but the question was never answered.

A hen’s internal egg making factory has a lot of different parts. Occasionally there are some glitches. A heh is supposed to release one egg yolk a day, but occasionally some hens release two or even more instead. If they are released at the same time you will probably get a double yolked egg. If they are released at different times you can get two eggs in one day.

A hen normally makes a limited amount of shell material each day, though different hens are different. If she makes two eggs in one day, the second egg is often soft-shelled or even with no shell at all, just a membrane. She just didn’t make enough shell material for two eggs that day. The same thing can happen to color if she lays a brown egg. She may not make enough pigment for two eggs so the second egg is often lighter in color.

As long as it is not a real regular occurrence it is not a big deal. Oops happen. If this becomes the norm or spreads to other chickens you might have a disease problem, but as long as it is an occasional thing, it is no big deal.

Welcome to the forum. Hope this helps.

Thank you for the warm welcome and answering my question. I'm finding out that chickens come with their own set of scary happenings! I'm learning and so far have not lost a chicken, keeping my fingers crossed!