Egg sizes!

[BYCforlife]

I have recently been having problems with selling eggs. I get such huge eggs that the smaller ones seem like mini eggs. My dearest mother told me I'm not charging enough, so to prove I was, I looked up egg weights.



So.... most of the "Mini eggs" were large, and the smalls were extra large.
Thanks, mom.

Here's a list of egg weights:

Small: 1.5 Oz.
Medum: 1.75 Oz.
Large: 2 Oz.
Extra large: 2.25 Oz.
Jumbo: 2.5 Oz.
Extra Jumbo: 2.75 oz. (Doesn't really exist)
My eggs: 3.0 Oz.

I am getting about five or so 3 ounce eggs a day! That's literally Huge!
I should have guessed when the cartons creaked when I tried to close them.

My three breeds of chickens are Barred Plymouth Rocks, Buff Orpingtons and Columbian Rocks.
Who do you think lays those huge ones?

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

I have recently been having problems with selling eggs. I get such huge eggs that the smaller ones seem like mini eggs. My dearest mother told me I'm not charging enough, so to prove I was, I looked up egg weights.



So.... most of the "Mini eggs" were large, and the smalls were extra large.
Thanks, mom.

Here's a list of egg weights:

Small: 1.5 Oz.
Medum: 1.75 Oz.
Large: 2 Oz.
Extra large: 2.25 Oz.
Jumbo: 2.5 Oz.
Extra Jumbo: 2.75 oz. (Doesn't really exist)
My eggs: 3.0 Oz.

I am getting about five or so 3 ounce eggs a day! That's literally Huge!
I should have guessed when the cartons creaked when I tried to close them.

My three breeds of chickens are Barred Plymouth Rocks, Buff Orpingtons and Columbian Rocks.
Who do you think lays those huge ones?

Probably the Orps. I don't know though.

A while back,we had some pullets, and they started laying. After a while, they started laying these huge eggs! I mean, some of them were triple Yolkers!

 

[Evelyn's Mom]

I hear ya! My cartons are SO heavy!!

 

[Evelyn's Mom]

Oh! And if you have the time, camp out at the coop one late morning and wait and see who lays what.. it's so fun! (is that weird? haha)

 

[BYCforlife]

Probably the Orps. I don't know though.

A while back,we had some pullets, and they started laying. After a while, they started laying these huge eggs! I mean, some of them were triple Yolkers!

Good to know!

That's really cool! I've gotten one triple yolker, I may have gotten more but that's up to my customers to tell me.

 

[BYCforlife]

I hear ya! My cartons are SO heavy!!

Oh! And if you have the time, camp out at the coop one late morning and wait and see who lays what.. it's so fun! (is that weird? haha)

Not at all weird! I will if I remember to, it sounds pretty fun!

 

[Flockandfowl46]

Buff orps are known to lay double and triple yolkers...mine use to lay eggs that looked like they came from a goose! I felt so sorry for those ladies every time I pulled an egg from the best box

 

[BYCforlife]

Buff orps are known to lay double and triple yolkers...mine use to lay eggs that looked like they came from a goose! I felt so sorry for those ladies every time I pulled an egg from the best box

I know! The funny thing is, I get these perfectly clean huge eggs, then I get the tiniest first little eggs from my silkies and they have blood streaks on them. Poor babies.

 

[ChickenGirl555]

I think size is different for every chicken. I have a 14 month Buff Orpington Hen that lays her eggs bantam sized. I also saw one bantam sized egg in the cage of the biggest Buff Orpington I've ever seen.

And then I look at my Barred Rocks, and they lay the longest, widest, weirdest eggs I've ever seen.
But that's my opinion and my experiences.

 

[Melky]

I have recently been having problems with selling eggs. I get such huge eggs that the smaller ones seem like mini eggs. My dearest mother told me I'm not charging enough, so to prove I was, I looked up egg weights.



So.... most of the "Mini eggs" were large, and the smalls were extra large.
Thanks, mom.

Here's a list of egg weights:

Small: 1.5 Oz.
Medum: 1.75 Oz.
Large: 2 Oz.
Extra large: 2.25 Oz.
Jumbo: 2.5 Oz.
Extra Jumbo: 2.75 oz. (Doesn't really exist)
My eggs: 3.0 Oz.

I am getting about five or so 3 ounce eggs a day! That's literally Huge!
I should have guessed when the cartons creaked when I tried to close them.

My three breeds of chickens are Barred Plymouth Rocks, Buff Orpingtons and Columbian Rocks.
Who do you think lays those huge ones?

Barred Rock