New Hens laying tiny eggs

[Uncle Rhino]

My hens just turned 18 weeks some of them are laying these tiny eggs. None of my other hens laid such small eggs before. Anyone able to tell me why this is happening?

 

[wamtazlady]

They are laying small eggs because they are just getting started. When they are young they can lay teeny eggs with no yolk, they can lay eggs with no shells, they might lay double yolkers, or in general they lay smaller eggs than they will lay as they get older. It is all normal. Give them time.

 

[Mikaela Taylor]

This just happened to our girls! They all started out laying so tiny! I really thought they couldn't get much bigger but 3 weeks later we are finally getting normal sized eggs I've always been told "it's their bodies learning how this works" lol!

I attached a photo of our very first egg ever next to a super market egg

 

[chrissynemetz]

It's really nothing to worry about. When they first start laying they can give you all sorts of weird eggs. Eventually they get the glitches all worked out and they'll begin laying larger, normal eggs

 

[aart]

My hens just turned 18 weeks some of them are laying these tiny eggs. None of my other hens laid such small eggs before. Anyone able to tell me why this is happening?

Did you have your other hens when they just started to lay?
Pullet eggs are usually small, can take days or weeks or months for them to get up to a 'large' size.

FYI.....semantics, maybe, but can be important communication terms when discussing chicken behavior.
Female chickens are called pullets until one year of age, then they are called hens.
Male chickens are called cockerels until one year of age, then they are called cocks(or cockbirds or roosters).
Age in weeks or months is always a good thing to note.

Oh, and....Welcome to BYC! @Uncle Rhino
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[Mybackyardpeepers]

As replied above, new layers will do strange things. I have a new layer that was/does lay almost 3 oz double yolkers!!!

 

[Chickassan]

There is always a possibility to have a hen that will always lay a smaller egg as well even if the breed dictates a larger egg.
Not the case in most instances but it does happen.

 

[Uncle Rhino]

View attachment 1885981 This just happened to our girls! They all started out laying so tiny! I really thought they couldn't get much bigger but 3 weeks later we are finally getting normal sized eggs I've always been told "it's their bodies learning how this works" lol!

I attached a photo of our very first egg ever next to a super market egg

Thank you. Had a few lay eggs with no shells. A lot of double yokes too. Just had never seem tiny eggs like these. I was worried I was missing something. Thank you all very much.

 

[Mikaela Taylor]

Thank you. Had a few lay eggs with no shells. A lot of double yokes too. Just had never seem tiny eggs like these. I was worried I was missing something. Thank you all very much.

We've had about 4 eggs with no shell so far as well!