Young hens laying huge eggs, should I be worried?

[Feather314]

My hens are about 9-10 months old and have been laying BIG eggs lately. Not every day, but a lot. Is this normal to happen every few days, or should I be worried?

When they started laying, the eggs were small, as normal, then they slowly came to normal size, and then they started to get huge, and now, with my 10 hens, I get about 3 big eggs a day and the rest are normal.

It would be so sad for hens this young to become egg-bound, but I don't know if that's even possible at this age?

 

[3KillerBs]

Welcome to BYC!

What kind of hens do you have? Breeds like Leghorns, the various Leghorn-derivatives, Production Reds, and most of the sex-link crosses are specifically-bred to produce large eggs in abundance.

 

[aart]

My hens are about 9-10 months old and have been laying BIG eggs lately. Not every day, but a lot. Is this normal to happen every few days, or should I be worried?

When they started laying, the eggs were small, as normal, then they slowly came to normal size, and then they started to get huge, and now, with my 10 hens, I get about 3 big eggs a day and the rest are normal.

It would be so sad for hens this young to become egg-bound, but I don't know if that's even possible at this age?

@Feather314 define small, normal, and huge in gram weights please.
And/or post pics with something for scale like a dollar bill.

 

[Devyn Nagy]

Do they have two yolks? Mine were laying those at that age too.

 

[Sheepheart]

Young layers can have varying egg sizes. After about a year they should be laying mostly normal eggs. I’m guessing the huge ones are double the size of your normal ones. They are probably double yolked.

I don’t think egg size plays to much of a role in egg binding as it has to do with the muscles working the egg out incorrectly?

 

[RR&L]

My hens are about 9-10 months old and have been laying BIG eggs lately. Not every day, but a lot. Is this normal to happen every few days, or should I be worried?

When they started laying, the eggs were small, as normal, then they slowly came to normal size, and then they started to get huge, and now, with my 10 hens, I get about 3 big eggs a day and the rest are normal.

It would be so sad for hens this young to become egg-bound, but I don't know if that's even possible at this age?

I have a variety of 17 hens. The 4 Leghorns are smallest hens and lay white eggs, four daily — they’re the largest eggs of the 13 other hens. Get double yookers often

 

[Aapomp831]

Totally normal - enjoy it while it lasts.

 

[Flockincrazy]

I have a young leghorn that lays double yolkers every egg since she started to lay she will just not lay eggs for as long but it won't hurt them

 

[Rebbiereb]

Do they have two yolks? Mine were laying those at that age too.

Same here. It was my astralorps.

 

[Bigegges]

My hens are about 9-10 months old and have been laying BIG eggs lately. Not every day, but a lot. Is this normal to happen every few days, or should I be worried?

When they started laying, the eggs were small, as normal, then they slowly came to normal size, and then they started to get huge, and now, with my 10 hens, I get about 3 big eggs a day and the rest are normal.

It would be so sad for hens this young to become egg-bound, but I don't know if that's even possible at this age?

I have an amberlink about that age form the time that it started to lay it has payed huge double yoke eggs every-other day. I feel a little bad for it and once every 3-4 weeks we get a triple from her about the size of a small goose egg. we know it is only one chicken laying the eggs because we separated them till we find out which one was doing it. She never lays normal size eggs