Huge egg! Is this typical?

[DanIndiana]

We just got our first 5 hens 4 days ago, and either a Buff Orpington or a Barred Plymouth Rock gave us this monster. The white egg to the right of it is a store bought large egg. These seem like good sized birds, but I had no idea they could make eggs like this! Is this common? Anyone have any other examples?

 

[oliviad51]

It looks like a double yolk egg. This is very common in pullets. I just love cracking open an egg and finding two yolks. It is possible there are three yolks in there, but my guess it two. If its not a double yolk, its going to be one huge yolk! Congrats

 

[teach1rusl]

Wowza!! I think it's more common in younger layers, at least it was for my girls. I haven't seen a double yolker in at least 5 months...

 

[Sphinx]

I am new to the home raised chicken game, and my only laying hen has surprised me with HUGE eggs.

What I've found is that grocery store "large" eggs weigh 2- 2.25 oz. Lucy's eggs have been between 2.5- 2 7/8 oz.

Here's a couple examples of her eggs:

So far, every egg she's given us has been a single yolked egg, too.

 

[Adopted Chickenman]

We have five pullets each a different breed. They have all started laying about the 20 week mark (Aug 2). On the best day we received 5 eggs, but most of the time we get 3 or 4 eggs daily. We have also kept a ledger for every egg that was laid since Buffy our Buff Orpington (BO) laid the first one. Most of the eggs weighed in around 44 to 46 grams equivlant to a store bought small. However, we also got a jumbo sized egg that weighed in at 74 grams which came from Piper our Plymouth Barred Rock (PBR).

From your picture the light brown egg came from your BO and the jumbo monster came from the PBR.

OUR grand total of eggs laid thus far is 76.

Hope you have great luck in your backyard chicken endeavors and may you always have a sunnyside up day.

 

[Happy Chooks]

My 1 1/2 year old barred rock gives me jumbo sized eggs. If your layer is young, it's probably a double yolker. I haven't had a double yolker in a lonnnnng time.

 

[ADozenGirlz]

I wouldn't say that huge eggs are common, but they do happen infrequently. They're always so impressive!
This one was from one of my Easter Eggers, who had only been laying for a couple of weeks by this point. Ouch is all I can think to say about it! (the white one was an extra-large store-bought egg)

 

[CathyRN]

WOW !!!

that poor hen !!! LOL she must have been in that nesting box for an hour ! Reminds me of my first labor....

 

[foxchasr]

Here is a picture of my RI Red's egg (brown egg) next to another one of my hen's normal sized eggs (green egg). The egg on the left was MASSIVE, which was a double yolk. She laid this about 4 months ago and has been laying normal sized eggs since.

 

[FuzzyButtsFarm]

I get 3 oz Jumbo + eggs from my 2 leghorns every couple of days. This really amazes me cause they are the smallest chickens in my flock. The last one I cracked open had 3 yolks.