Holy HUGE egg!!!

[bearcat73]

Two of my RIRs started laying last week (finally!). One of them is laying a HUGE and I mean ginormous egg! My daughter tried putting it in a "large" egg carton and the lid wouldn't close. So she put it in an "extra large" egg carton and it just barely fits. I had no idea they laid JUMBO eggs.

 

[mullers3acers]

Feel sorry for the girl who did.

 

[Chicky Joy]

Could be a double yolker. We got tons of them when our hens were first laying. As they've gotten older we've been getting fewer double yolkers, but once in a while we still get one.

 

[Barry Natchitoches]

One of my chickens, probably a Rhode Island Red, produced a 3 ounce egg last week. Eggs only have to weigh 2.5 ounces to be considered "jumbo."


Mind you, she's only six months old.


My wife fixed that huge 3 ounce egg for my breakfast -- it was a double yoker.

 

[Mahonri]

Congratulations. Some of us who would love the giant eggs don't get them... we've had 1 or 2 in the past 4 weeks.

 

[PotterWatch]

We got our first double-yolk yesterday. The kids thought it was really cool to see two yolks in one egg.

 

[Colored Egg Farmer]

Sometimes chickens really out do themselves

 

[gumpsgirl]

I got one of those this morning myself! I measured it and it is 3" long!

Poor hen... I'm certain it is a double yolker and yours probably is also. Congrats! Those double yolkers are fun to get every once in awhile.

 

[debilorrah]

We have an EE that lays eggs that big consistently. HUGE green eggs. They are single yolkers, but the yolk is really big and orange. Great flavor too!