How did 2 light brown layers make 3 eggs?

[emilyweir]

I have a flock of 5:
1 Easter Egger
1 Black Sexlink
1 French Copper Black Marans
1 White Leghorn
1 barred Plymouth Rock

This morning I found the weird looking dark egg in the coop (can they accidentally lay while sleeping?) around 9. I just went out at 5 and found the other four eggs in the nesting box (1 white, 3 light brown). How on earth did my Sexlink and Barred Plymouth Rock lay three eggs in one day? Is it possible that coop egg this morning was a weird dud late last night and my Marans somehow made a light brown egg? Chicken math has turned into egg math

 

[2ndTink]

Hmm, not sure. But that is an odd shell, looks like some sort of glitch in the egg making system!

 

[Lor]

Maybe the easter egger laid the brown? If the other egg is white from the leghorn.

 

[emilyweir]

Maybe the easter egger laid the brown? If the other egg is white from the leghorn.

I wondered so when I crack them open I’ll have to check out the inside color for sure. But I’m thinking it’s unlikely because the EE spent a fair chunk of the afternoon separated from the other girls because she’s been having a bullying problem and she laid yesterday and usually isn’t an every day kind of gal.

 

[Lor]

Hmm... Now I'm curious. LOL
Let us know if you end up with an extra brown egg tomorrow.

 

[emilyweir]

Hmm... Now I'm curious. LOL
Let us know if you end up with an extra brown egg tomorrow.

Will do

 

[jpalmatier83]

I’ve had girls lay two in a day before. Particularly while young. Not super common but not unheard of.

Guessing it’s a younger flock?

 

[emilyweir]

I’ve had girls lay two in a day before. Particularly while young. Not super common but not unheard of.

Guessing it’s a younger flock?

Yes, they’re about 13 months old now. I guess in all my reading I missed this as a possibility. I’ve had shell-less eggs, small eggs, and a double yolk but this was a surprise!

 

[jpalmatier83]

Yes, they’re about 13 months old now. I guess in all my reading I missed this as a possibility. I’ve had shell-less eggs, small eggs, and a double yolk but this was a surprise!

Yeah. Was usually one early in the day and one late. Like 7am and 8pm. Wouldn’t see an egg the next day. They need a little time to settle into laying cycles. It surprised me the first couple times too.

 

[emilyweir]

Hmm... Now I'm curious. LOL
Let us know if you end up with an extra brown egg tomorrow.

Yesterday I got one blue, one white, and one brown