Hi all! One of my flocks has 23 pullets that started laying in late October. There are also 3 hens. I have them under nearly 15 hours of light and they are getting mainly nutrena laying feed with a bit of scratch and any scraps from the house. I am currently getting anywhere from 17-23 eggs per day. I have been getting a LOT of double yolkers, all from different hens. There are some that are from the typical huge "double-yolker egg," but I've also had some really small eggs that are doubles. I know they're all different hens because it has happened in white, green, and brown eggs! I do have one pullet however that lays massive white eggs that seem to have the highest percentage of doubles. The picture below is her very first egg. I also had an egg out of her that had a softshelled egg inside an egg! So my question is, is there any way to decrease the number of doubles or will I just need to candle the eggs to determine which ones are? I don't mind the doubles, but I have a couple of costumers that do not like them, and I really don't want to sell one of those eggs that is egg inside an egg to somebody. That was pretty weird and I am quite sure I'd get a phone call about how there was a developing chick inside it or something!
Thanks for any thoughts!
Thanks for any thoughts!
