It is very rare for a chicken of any breed to lay more than 1 egg a day. I have several EE's and they lay 1 egg a day. I think once I got 2 eggs from 1 hen in 1 day, but that is an oddity! Usually it happens when the bird lays one egg very early in the day and the other very late in the day. Can also happen some when they are just starting to lay, but then sometimes one or both of the eggs are messed up ( shell-less, soft shelled, that sort of thing).I have two 1 year old EE’s, one lays blue eggs the other lays very pale olive eggs and they both lay 1-2 eggs a day. I didn’t know t was possible for Ameraucanas & EE’s to lay more than once a day but I’m ecstatic to have these birds. They were a little late to mature with one of them laying her first egg at 9 months and the other waiting till she was 13 months old but I’m glad I waited so long. I recently got 4 chicks out of them & they’re all pullets so I’m excited to have more egglayers around. I feed them all my birds Gamebird 21% with scratch and my grass trimmings from when I mow the lawn and they’re the only birds I get eggs regularly from. My OEGB’s lay every 2-3 days but will sometimes be under a broody spell and lay daily for a week or so and then stop. My Phoenix doesn’t seem to be interested in laying an egg anytime soon and my Black Ameraucana is nearing her first lay so I’m very excited
that is so cute! Was it her first?
That is just adorable!They are all being taken care of by the same Momma hen.
They will and pretty quickly too!
So in theory once my lot are breeding age if I mix my Araucana's with any of the others the result is an EE - yes? And if it is with Marans I'll get an Olive egger?
I think the heat yesterday knocked them - it was nigh on 40c (104) all afternoon. I'll go down in a bit and check if they have laid late!First morning in ever so long that there was no eggs to collect
my hens get hot @80s
