Hen layed three eggs in 24 hrs... How???

[DavidILoveYou22]

Well, either there is something wacky up with my EE Samantha, or I have a miracle hen on my hands. My EE Samantha has layed 3 eggs in 24 hrs. I don't know how it's possible. I went up to the coop this morning, and found a shell-less egg beneath the roosting pole. This is the 6th or 7th time I've found one of these when I open the coop in the morning. Now, I go up there tonight, and find two green eggs behind the coop door. There were zero eggs there last night.

And yes, I am sure it is her. I have only one green-egg laying bird, and that's Sammy. And I know it wasn't just some other hen who I thought was a white-/brown-egg layer who is actually an EE, because Sam and my Buff Orp Sunny (who has consistently layed brown eggs for 4 months) are the only hens I have that are old enough to lay. So... does anyone know why this would happen and should I be concerned?

P.S. This is the first time I have gotten 3 eggs in one day, but last month she did also lay 2 normal ones in the same day, but there were no shell-less ones.

 

[silkiechicken]

Fraternal triplets (release of 3 eggs) can happen in humans, I'd say 3 eggs in one day is a chicken version of the same thing.

 

[DavidILoveYou22]

Oh, OK. I guess that I just have a special hen, then, since she layed two eggs in 24 last month too.

 

[lazy gardener]

My BSL has been laying multiple eggs. 2 days in a row, she laid one normal egg, followed by a shell-less egg (2 eggs each day). She was clearly distressed when laying the shell-less eggs, so I hope she settles down into a state of normal. Also, her eggs are large, she's been laying for about 2 weeks, and a lot of them are dbl. yolkers.

 

[DavidILoveYou22]

Hm... just out of curiosity, are you on well water? We are, and it is very high in metals, and we figured that could be why her eggs are weird.

 

[lazy gardener]

Hm... just out of curiosity, are you on well water? We are, and it is very high in metals, and we figured that could be why her eggs are weird.

Well water with high mineral content would contribute to increased shell strength, not the other way around... I think. But I am not a bio-chemist.

 

[Zaxby's2]

I'm pretty sure when hens start to lay again after a long break or when pullets just begin to lay they sometimes take a while to get 'regular'. Twice I broke my EE from being broody and both times when she started laying again she would lay two eggs one day, wait a couple days, then lay another two. After about a week she started doing things normal.