SHE IS DRIVING ME NUTS

[themadchicken]

why is one of my layers doing what she is doing. she started laying about 3-weeks ago and started out good, 7 eggs in the first week.. 2nd week i got 1 good then 1 bid double yolk, 2 without shells and 1 yolk on the poop board. so far this week i got 1 good, 1 shell less and 1 huge double yolk what the heck is going on!!! She is a nice looking hen. biggest in the flock. i have always bought hens that have already been laying for a couple months. so I'm not sure what to expect from hens just coming of age. any help would be helpful cause i got 14 more girls coming of age by August.

 

[nurse_turtle]

She's got a learning curve. I'd expect it to work itself out.

 

[themadchicken]

3 eggs in 3 days. i hope your right about the learning curve cause i really like our RIR (AKA KFC). Also they are starting to get darker and larger then the first ones. (we had to use 2 for waffles instead of the normal 1.)

 

[ChicKat]

why is one of my layers doing what she is doing. she started laying about 3-weeks ago and started out good, 7 eggs in the first week.. 2nd week i got 1 good then 1 bid double yolk, 2 without shells and 1 yolk on the poop board. so far this week i got 1 good, 1 shell less and 1 huge double yolk what the heck is going on!!! She is a nice looking hen. biggest in the flock. i have always bought hens that have already been laying for a couple months. so I'm not sure what to expect from hens just coming of age. any help would be helpful cause i got 14 more girls coming of age by August.

That one egg looks like 3x normal sized. Did you weigh it? ;O) You didn't photoshop it on me did you??

 

[themadchicken]

Nope thats all hers. My daughter said it was delicious. She laid a normal one today again so hopefully she got it out of her system. To bad there isnt a breed out there that lay eggs like this ever day. (how do you weigh an egg?)

 

[ChicKat]

Nope thats all hers. My daughter said it was delicious. She laid a normal one today again so hopefully she got it out of her system. To bad there isnt a breed out there that lay eggs like this ever day. (how do you weigh an egg?)

I got an ounces/grams scale on ebay--- and I weigh daily. I posted the USDA egg sizes someplace or other...let's see if I can find a link to that page-->
here it is:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/charts-and-quotes

 

[themadchicken]

Nice chart. i will have to look for a scale. of coarse i will start to have to keep record of weights now!

my family already thinks i have a chicken obsession.

 

[ChicKat]

Nice chart. i will have to look for a scale. of coarse i will start to have to keep record of weights now!

my family already thinks i have a chicken obsession.

LOL-- from one chicken-obsessed to another- Thank goodness for the BYC forum.

 

[WasabiChicki]

I had a layer w/ similar tendencies... super large, double yolk, 2 eegs one day, none the next... @ about a year old she's totally regular now & miss broody... AWESOME sized egg btw!

 

[themadchicken]

thanks for all your help, she has started to mellow out but still get a super sized egg about every ten days. should i be concerned or just be happy.( I cant eat two eggs for breakfast but love having two yolks to dip my bacon and sausage into.)