What's the deal with small eggs?

[JLoner]

We just got our hens this week. The first day we got a regular sized egg from one of them. The next day nothing.. then the last 2 days we've gotten these (sweet) little eggs. Any reason why? Is it because they're just starting to lay?

 

[Evelyn Walker]

Do they have yolks?

 

[JLoner]

Do they have yolks?

I'm not sure, I haven't cracked them. Is that possible?!

 

[Evelyn Walker]

Yep, sometimes small eggs are laid without a yolk. They're called "fairy" eggs. That would explain why they're so small.

 

[DellaMyDarling]

How old are they?

Young, new layers often have goofy eggs for a bit.

 

[Trux]

Pullets, which is what they are till one year old, usually lay smaller eggs. As they age they will get bigger, at least that has been my experience. Only exception being my Heritage Orp, who didn't lay till 38 weeks and it was a beautiful large egg. Occasionally I will get a really small egg, the size of a large quail egg, but those are few and far between

 

[JLoner]

How old are they?

Young, new layers often have goofy eggs for a bit.

Good to know. I figured it was a learning curve of some sort. They're only 18-20 weeks... just young girls

 

[Trux]

Good to know. I figured it was a learning curve of some sort. They're only 18-20 weeks... just young girls

So they are just coming into point of lay, and you are getting pullet eggs which in time will get bigger as the birds mature.