How did she lay this?

[gillianmomx5]

Well all,
We got a good number of eggs for our first week of laying. A total of 19 eggs ranging from 2 ounces to 3 1/2 ounces. There were 3 eggs with double yolks and the 3 1/2 ounce egg had a triple yolk...Wahoo! I am hoping you can see the pictures of the really big egg...I included a standard white store bought egg which is Grade AA large as comparison. The biggest egg was a whopping 2 3/4 X 2 inches big. Which would technically be 25 eggs total. Has anyone else gotten a triple yolker? We did end up with about 5 soft shelled and one broken egg (which was layed from a height of about 3 feet) above and beyond the 19 good eggs we got. Is this a good amount of eggs for 16 week old chicks? Looked like our best day was 6 eggs, but 2 were soft shelled and one was the broken one, but 3 eggs were good. Some of the eggs, when we used them had a touch of purple in the white part of the egg. Is this normal or do we have a rooster and don't know it? All of the chickens have different sized combs and wattles. The concensus at 8 weeks was pullets all around, but I will have to resubmit pictures to see what everyone says. No one is crowing though, so I am hoping that we still have all girls.

 

[fargosmom]

Wow - congratulations! Our girls didn't start laying till over 19 weeks, so yours are getting an early start. The triple is a beauty! Our Ethel lays doubles once in a while, but nothing that huge yet. Tell 'em good job!

 

[karen71]

They are amazing creatures- lucky you getting a double yolk -
none of my girls has done so yet

 

[milleryardchx]

wow thats a great selection of eggs for 16 weeks old! my 19 week old hens just a few started laying today. Lucky! i have had chickens for almost two years and have yet to have a double let alone a triple yolk egg ever! I'm a little jealous now haha what are you feeding them?

 

[gillianmomx5]

I feed them layer feed, occasional yogurt as a treat and all the veggie and fruit scraps we have. Once in a while they will get the leftover scrambled eggs and crushed up egg shells. They have chicken hutches from Ware in the chicken pen that is 20 ft X 24 ft. I have it covered with a tarp and we use a misting system at one end of the coop to keep the temperature down in the Arizona heat. They free-range in the back yard mostly in the evening when we are outside. They seem happy and the kids spoil them with lots of affection. I recycled some boxes from Sam's club that were just right to fit into the chicken hutches that are divided in the middle to make just the right size nesting area.

 

[milleryardchx]

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sounds like the same diet layer feed, grit, scraps from the kitchen, my sons left over yogurt and they have a run thats a 1/4 of an acre

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

We've had one triple yolker so far. It was about the same size as our huge double yolkers, but boy was I surprised when I cracked it open and found 3 yolks. I didn't even know there was such a thing. I think it was laid by on of the new layers and that's why her triple yolker was about the same size as the older pullets double yolker. My 3 new layers are about 6 weeks behind the rest of the flock.