My chickens are crazy layers

[Brandy101b]

Okay so I have 6 backyard chickens, free range except at night when they are cooped. Well they have been laying TONS of eggs, every site I have been on says they will lay one a day. This is FALSE for my chickens, I went out yesterday at 9am got 4 eggs, I did not get back out there till today at 3pm (so 18 hours) and when I checked their coop, there were NINETEEN eggs, how in the world did 6 chickens lay 19 eggs in 18 hours???? This is not the first time I have found large amounts of eggs, checked one night last week no eggs, by morning there were 10 eggs. Anyone have this happen to them?

 

[sourland]

Is there any possibility that someone is pranking you? Upon occasion a hen might lay 2 eggs in a 24 hour period, but it is physically impossible for 6 hens to lay 19 eggs in an eighteen hour period.

 

[Brandy101b]

No there is not possibility for pranking we live near no one and my yard is completely fenced my 6 foot privacy fencing. its so weird all I can think is maybe my husband saw the 4 eggs yesterday morning but forgot to gather them and my chickens laid 15 eggs but thats still mean someone laid 3 eggs in 18 hours.....

 

[Brandy101b]

It really makes no common sense to me and is kinda freaking me out a little LOL

 

[aart]

Husband doing the pranking?

 

[Spartan22]

It's either your loosing it,LOL

or someone trying to make you lose it

. Statistically impossible to have all your hens laid multiple eggs a day.

I've experienced occasional 2 eggs from one or 2 hens when they are new layers but that's it. But what do I know I only owned chicken for a year.

 

[tdepointe]

Someone is pranking here. It is impossible to get more than 2 eggs from a hen in a 24 hour period. The probability of event getting all your hens to lay 2 at the same time is extremely low if not impossible. I have had 50 plus production chickens and never got more than 54 eggs in a day and that was once.