New egg layer laying 2 eggs in a day??

[Ebz5003]

I have a 17 week old ISA Brown hen who just started laying. She was laying one egg a day since Aug 6, then skipped a day yesterday. I find 2 eggs today. Is it possible she layed 2 eggs in one day?

 

[SilverBirds]

It is very rare for a hen to lay 2 eggs in one day. Are you positive that she laid both of them? Could one egg have been hidden under the nesting material?

 

[The Coop Crew]

It can happen. Especially with new layers. It takes them a little time to work out the kinks when they start laying.

 

[Ebz5003]

It is very rare for a hen to lay 2 eggs in one day. Are you positive that she laid both of them? Could one egg have been hidden under the nesting material?

I don't think one was hidden but it's possible one of my other hens laid it. The ISA Brown hen is the first of my 10, 17 week old hens to lay eggs. The othrs are different breeds though

 

[Ebz5003]

It can happen. Especially with new layers. It takes them a little time to work out the kinks when they start laying.

Ah ok. Thanks

 

[SilverBirds]

I don't think one was hidden but it's possible one of my other hens laid it. The ISA Brown hen is the first of my 10, 17 week old hens to lay eggs. The othrs are different breeds though

It may have been one of your other girls started laying today.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Is it possible she layed 2 eggs in one day?

Yes, it is possible, especially with new layers. Sometimes it takes a while for them to get the kinks worked out of their egg making factory. That can be how they are put together, where they are laid, or even when they are laid. To me it is remarkable at how many actually get all of this correct. Sometimes an established layer can do this. As long as it is a rare oops I don't worry about it. I think we are all entitled to an occasional oops as long as it is rare.

If a pullet (or hen) releases two yolks at the same time you can get a double yolked egg. If she releases two yolks at separate times you can get two eggs in one day. Often (but not always) there is something wrong with one or both eggs. Since they are probably in the shell gland together you often see marks where they were touching. Flatsided eggs in the Egg Quality Guide talks about these and has a photo.

https://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/egg-quality-handbook/19/flatsided-eggs

Often the pullet of hen only produces a certain amount of material each day for one egg. if she lays two she may not have enough shell material for the second egg so the second one can be soft-shelled or thin-shelled. She may not have enough whites material so the second egg may be smaller than normal. She may be short of the pigment to go on a brown egg so that second egg may be lighter in color than normal. Sometimes the second egg comes out perfectly normal but often not.

If that second egg is normal my guess is that a different pullet laid it, but one can certainly lay two eggs in one day.

 

[Ebz5003]

Yes, it is possible, especially with new layers. Sometimes it takes a while for them to get the kinks worked out of their egg making factory. That can be how they are put together, where they are laid, or even when they are laid. To me it is remarkable at how many actually get all of this correct. Sometimes an established layer can do this. As long as it is a rare oops I don't worry about it. I think we are all entitled to an occasional oops as long as it is rare.

If a pullet (or hen) releases two yolks at the same time you can get a double yolked egg. If she releases two yolks at separate times you can get two eggs in one day. Often (but not always) there is something wrong with one or both eggs. Since they are probably in the shell gland together you often see marks where they were touching. Flatsided eggs in the Egg Quality Guide talks about these and has a photo.

https://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/egg-quality-handbook/19/flatsided-eggs

Often the pullet of hen only produces a certain amount of material each day for one egg. if she lays two she may not have enough shell material for the second egg so the second one can be soft-shelled or thin-shelled. She may not have enough whites material so the second egg may be smaller than normal. She may be short of the pigment to go on a brown egg so that second egg may be lighter in color than normal. Sometimes the second egg comes out perfectly normal but often not.

If that second egg is normal my guess is that a different pullet laid it, but one can certainly lay two eggs in one day.

Yes, it is possible, especially with new layers. Sometimes it takes a while for them to get the kinks worked out of their egg making factory. That can be how they are put together, where they are laid, or even when they are laid. To me it is remarkable at how many actually get all of this correct. Sometimes an established layer can do this. As long as it is a rare oops I don't worry about it. I think we are all entitled to an occasional oops as long as it is rare.

If a pullet (or hen) releases two yolks at the same time you can get a double yolked egg. If she releases two yolks at separate times you can get two eggs in one day. Often (but not always) there is something wrong with one or both eggs. Since they are probably in the shell gland together you often see marks where they were touching. Flatsided eggs in the Egg Quality Guide talks about these and has a photo.

https://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/egg-quality-handbook/19/flatsided-eggs

Often the pullet of hen only produces a certain amount of material each day for one egg. if she lays two she may not have enough shell material for the second egg so the second one can be soft-shelled or thin-shelled. She may not have enough whites material so the second egg may be smaller than normal. She may be short of the pigment to go on a brown egg so that second egg may be lighter in color than normal. Sometimes the second egg comes out perfectly normal but often not.

If that second egg is normal my guess is that a different pullet laid it, but one can certainly lay two eggs in one day.

Thanks so much. The two eggs each have normal hard shells and don't look like they had been attached, so my guess is that either my Sapphire Gem or Barred Rock hen layed the other one.