Extra eggs

[BackyardinWales]

This is going to be a very silly question since I'm sure that the answer is no, is it normal for a henbyo kay twice in one day?

I ask this because I collected 2 eggs this morning, and dated them, and just collected 3 eggs. This might not be strange for 5 hens to lay 5 eggs, but two of the eggs are green (blue to you sighted people) and I only have one who lays that colour!

Feeling a little confused.

 

[Yard Farmer]

This is going to be a very silly question since I'm sure that the answer is no, is it normal for a henbyo kay twice in one day?

I ask this because I collected 2 eggs this morning, and dated them, and just collected 3 eggs. This might not be strange for 5 hens to lay 5 eggs, but two of the eggs are green (blue to you sighted people) and I only have one who lays that colour!

Feeling a little confused.

No, chickens can't lay more than 1 egg a day. But, I do believe there has been a few, very rare cases that's happened.
But, I find that option unlikely in this case.

Personally, I think it's more likely the hen buried one of her eggs from yesterday in the bedding. I've had that happen many, many times.
I actually thought I had a hen laying 2 eggs a day for a while.

 

[Ridgerunner]

is it normal for a henbyo kay twice in one day?

Normal? No. But it is not unusual.

Normally a hen develops a yolk to a certain level and releases it to become the start of making an egg. That egg-making process, once begun, takes about 25 hours on average. Some hens lay 5 or 6 eggs a week, some only lay 1 or 2. There are different triggers that cause a hen to release her yolks, usually at least a day apart.

But occasionally a hen has a glitch. It is more common with pullets just starting to lay but it can happen to any hen at any time. She might release two yolks on the same day. If these yolks are released at the same time you can get a double yolked egg. If they are released with a separation in time but still the same day you can get two eggs in one day.

Many hens only make enough material for one egg a day. Sometimes one egg is smaller than the other because she did not make enough egg white material to fill two eggs. More common, the second egg can be shell-less or have a very thin shell because she did not make enough shell material to cover both eggs. Since the eggs spend so much time in the shell gland they often have marks on them where both were touching while the shell was being applied. Occasionally both eggs can be totally normal but often there is something not quite right about them.

 

[BackyardinWales]

I can safely say they were definitely all laid today, as I clear out all eggs in the external nesting box to prevent rats, but it seems my two 'blue' eggs are slightly different coloured, so will be interesting to see how things develop.

Thank you both for your input.

 

[Love Ducklings]

That happens with my young white leghorns quite often. Usually they skip the day after.