Jersey Giants and Egg Size

[TammyTX]

My JG's have been laying for a few months now. Today I decided to start weighing my eggs by the gram. All eggs 45 grams and under went into a basket for our own use....well, to my surprise the large majority of them were the JG's eggs.

 

[HBuehler]

For the size of them you would think they would lay an emu size egg but they don't

just a normal smaller large egg-compared to our Rocks,and Delaware's but they sure are big and pretty-once they get out of the vulture stage

 

[thespinningcottage]

I have certainly been egg-ucated by our red sex-links. Although only 4 or 5 pounds each, they lay jumbo eggs while our big 'ol barred rock lays medium sized eggs. When I hold the girls, I am always caught off guard by the difference in their body size and how the eggs can be so wrong for each body type!

 

[scbatz33]

One of our red sex links lays such a big egg, one of the kids thought the duck had finally started to lay!

 

[CMV]

I have Giants and Wyandottes, and they both lay the same sized eggs although the Giants are a much larger bird.

 

[TammyTX]

It looks like I'm going to be giving away their eggs instead of selling them.

rats.

 

[MIKE555444]

Quote:
I don't have J G BUT most pullets will lay a much larger egg when they are about 1 yr old.

 

[TammyTX]

Quote:
I don't have J G BUT most pullets will lay a much larger egg when they are about 1 yr old.

I hope they will get bigger. I'm already getting 55+ gram eggs from some of my other girls.

I even have one from an EE'r that is 91 grams!!

 

[Harrietsmum]

My 800 gram Australorp bantams lay 38-40 gram eggs! They only lay every second day but the egg size is impressive. They have only been laying for 6 weeks, I am hoping for their sake that their eggs do not get bigger as they mature.