Record setting egg?

[HennyPenny44]

Has anyone ever had a chicken lay an egg that weighs 3.9 oz or 111 grams? My Black Australorp normally lays jumbo eggs but today, I got a good chuckle when I looked in the nesting box. I have a few dual purpose breeds that lay mainly medium or large eggs. Here’s a side by side of my Speckled Sussex’s medium egg and the colossal Black Australorp egg.

 

[SBFChickenGirl]

THAT THING IS HUGE!
ouch.
I wonder how many yolks it has?

 

[HennyPenny44]

THAT THING IS HUGE!
ouch.
I wonder how many yolks it has?

She’s never layed a double yolker so far but I’m curious to find out Out of all my hens, she’s layed the latest at 8 1/2 months but she’s been laying jumbo eggs from the very beginning. Worth the wait!

 

[SBFChickenGirl]

I had a cuckoo maran that did that. Laid only once in a while, but when she did they were double yolkers!

 

[Acre4Me]

That is a big egg!
We have some BC Maran pullets and they lay our largest eggs. Never a double yolk, but so fat that they often get stuck in the foam egg cartons, and it takes effort to close the carton lid. I should weigh some to see how many grams they weigh!

 

[aart]

Bet that's a shelled egg inside a shelled egg.

 

[aart]

Got curious, so googled worlds heaviest chicken egg.

 

[Acre4Me]

Got curious, so googled worlds heaviest chicken egg.

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Considering leghorns are lean and not very heavy, that is HUGE in both size and as % body mass.

 

[HennyPenny44]

I had a cuckoo maran that did that. Laid only once in a while, but when she did they were double yolkers!

Mine lays 6 days a week (she’s a new layer) but she’s a heavy girl at I’d guess, 10 pounds.

 

[HennyPenny44]

That is a big egg!
We have some BC Maran pullets and they lay our largest eggs. Never a double yolk, but so fat that they often get stuck in the foam egg cartons, and it takes effort to close the carton lid. I should weigh some to see how many grams they weigh!

Yeah, it’s fun to weigh them just to see where they fall in the size range.