Huge Eggs

[Mitsos Lamprogiorgos]

Thank you all for your answers.
I adore huge hen eggs.
What is SCM?
I have a hybrid bantam (sultan X pavlov X gold sebright) who lays very very long eggs (about 52gr.) She is about 7 years old and her name is Aleka.

 

[Trish1974]

Personally, even if a JG (Jersey Giant) is a large breed... It doesn't really mean the breed's eggs will be "huge"

X2! My BJG lays the smallest eggs in the flock.

 

[Lisa Wood]

Is there any particular reason why you are so keen for large eggs and if so, why not consider duck or goose eggs or even ostrich. Remember that those extra jumbo eggs have to be laid by a hen and the larger the egg the more potential for reproductive complications. The more market there is for jumbo eggs, the more the industry will breed for them, perhaps at the expense of the long term welfare of those hens. Spare a thought for those poor birds that have to pop those whoppers out each day and consider eating an extra medium sized egg instead.
It is the same with meat production. Farmers are breeding calves that are so monstrous that the cows cannot naturally birth them and the calves have to be physically jacked out of them or C sections are necessary. Selective breeding should be tempered with compassion for the animal involved. Things have gone too far in my opinion and it's so easy to accept the current status quo and not see them for what they really are.... which could certainly be considered animal abuse... and realise that we are pushing the natural boundaries too far.
Now stepping down off my soap box

I know, right? I have often wondered about that while watching Dr. Pol. I know there's cows who have babies on their own, but it just seems like a major portion of his business comes from these deliveries where hes continually saying "Big Calf! Big Baby!"
I have one hen, not sure who, who lays a dino huge egg a couple of times a week, and it would hurt if I layed it!? I'm not planning on that any time soon, but how much pain and discomfort do they have anyway? And how much MORE pain and discomfort from these oversize eggs? Thats the answer I'm looking for. They have already been genetically altered to lay so many eggs a year.