How many eggs a day do chickens lay?

[Amyrushell]

How many eggs a day do chickens lay?

 

[kla37]

It takes 26 hours for an egg to form from start to finish inside a chicken, so they won't lay more than one a day.

 

[can you hear me now?]

Usually only one. Sometimes it will seem like they lay two but that is just how it is. You won't probably ever get 365 eggs a year from a laying hen. Everyone needs a break sometimes.

 

[Judy]

A "good layer" will hopefully lay 6 a week. 3 or 4 is much more common. This chart shows how many the average chicken of each breed will lay a week:

http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html

 

[Amyrushell]

Thanks! That must mean that more than one of our chickens is now laying - I've only seen one- so exciting to be getting our first eggs! Feels like easter!

 

[chicken luver]

Hey my gramma and I just got 50 new chickens, it sucks cause i have to clean out our upstairs in our barn but we wont have to buy eggs anymore, can't wait till they start laying. should be a few weeks!!!

 

[Lydia77]

We just started getting eggs this week and we are very excited! Eating them as we speak and my Oh my are they tasty!

 

[countryriders2]

We are getting our eggs now. We have 2 RIR and 2 Rocks that are producing. We are getting 4 eggs a day and one day we even got a double yoker. COOL!
We have to Orpington who are just about 3 months.

 

[Hayduke27]

A "good layer" will hopefully lay 6 a week. 3 or 4 is much more common. This chart shows how many the average chicken of each breed will lay a week:

http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html

This is a cool chart!

 

[BR Flockster]

A "good layer" will hopefully lay 6 a week. 3 or 4 is much more common. This chart shows how many the average chicken of each breed will lay a week:

http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html

That chart has been moved to a new site. It's now at http://www.sagehenfarmlodi.com/chooks/chooks.html.

Since this page is a top hit on Google for "how many eggs do chickens lay", I figured I'd better provide the updated link.