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[perchie.girl]

I have one either leghorn or white rock that continues to lay ginormous double yolkers sometimes 3 days in a row! When I say ginormous I mean they weigh 3.3 oz! What's up with that?

There is a gal here in San Diego that has made hatching double yolkers a hobby.... they have to be assisted... because the air sack is not on both ends.

Quote: I heard that as chickens get older their eggs get larger....

Can u hatch double yolkers?

Very carefully

 

[Peep_Show]

SCG: A hermaphrosilkie? Are you sure she doesn't have a monstrous stash of eggs somewhere?


Love the (roo)Spike. Cute, cute, cute. (But not in my coop....girl chix only)


3.3 0z egg.... Ouch!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

SCG: A hermaphrosilkie? Are you sure she doesn't have a monstrous stash of eggs somewhere?

She looks like a girl to me, but I was certain my silkie roo was a girl too, and didn't even believe it when he started crowing.

I have never seen her in a nesting box. There's no stash of eggs under the coop or the stairs and she doesn't get out of the run.

I've never seen her be sexually active. In fact, now that I think about it, she's 3 and she's never molted, either. Now you guys have me thinking about things that I shouldn't be thinking about. You guys have now convinced me that this bird is a total freak. Maybe she's just a figment of my imagination.

 

[hennible]

She looks like a girl to me, but I was certain my silkie roo was a girl too, and didn't even believe it when he started crowing.

I have never seen her in a nesting box. There's no stash of eggs under the coop or the stairs and she doesn't get out of the run. I've never seen her be sexually active. In fact, now that I think about it, she's 3 and she's never molted, either. Now you guys have me thinking about things that I shouldn't be thinking about. You guys have now convinced me that this bird is a total freak. Maybe she's just a figment of my imagination.

Maybe she is technically female but both ovaries atrophied rather than just one.... :/

 

[bamadude]

Maybe its a rabbit

 

[chickwhispers]

 
SCG:  A hermaphrosilkie?  Are you sure she doesn't have a monstrous stash of eggs somewhere?

Maybe she's just a figment of my imagination.

One of my silkie hens has decided to go broody under the nest boxes. I havent "seen" her for days. Everyday I take a stick and gently slide It under until I hear her do her little clucking. Just to make sure she is still there and is OK.

 

[Alaskan]

are you sure it is a chicken cluck you hear? Maybe it is a rat squeak?

 

[chickwhispers]

Nope not rat squeak. It's silkie speak. Little bity clucking. Notin my coop. But my cats did get a mouse today.

 

[ozexpat]

There are two main physiological things that limit egg production

The first is the number of eggs the hen was born with - thats why daily egg layers stop laying after 1-2 years and why others last so much longer. The second is the hormones requires to stimulate the follicle into preparing the egg. In humans when those hormones wane, we call it memopause

 

[ronott1]

Quote:
http://animals.pawnation.com/life-expectancy-laying-hen-1727.html
Quote: http://www.mypetchicken.com/backyard-chickens/chicken-help/How-long-do-hens-lay-eggs-H76.aspx


Quote :http://www.backyardpoultrymag.com/the_answer_man_layer_issues/