Should I be worried?

[AshleyFishy]

I have five white rock hens and they have been laying for a few months now. Well I have one in the group that instead of laying one large egg, like the other hens, she lays two smaller eggs.

I figured it was just a fluke and she would adjust eventually. Well it just keeps getting worse... now two of the others are laying two LARGE eggs a day. And yes we are talking pretty much every day. Then the other day I got 9 eggs out of five hens!! So I think another one is starting this trend.

Should I worry? Are they going to be prone to problems because of this? Am I feeding them wrong and causing this?

 

[RoostersCrow HensDeliver!]

Hmmm...I'm thinking they will just get "spent" quicker. My MIL had a Red Sex Link that layed like that, she lasted the two years they had her with no problems

 

[AshleyFishy]

If it is just genetics should I breed these things? I still have four roos from their hatch...I was fattening them up for the freezer. Which both the roos and the hens have a fair bit of meat on them.

The hen that lays the two smaller eggs keeps trying to go broody on me too...

 

[RoostersCrow HensDeliver!]

I wouldn't breed for it, but that's just me. It seems kinda unnatural, like her body is just being pushed too hard to make eggs. I think there's got to be some wear and tear after laying twice the normal amount of eggs in a given time frame.