Number eggs one chicken can lay per day

[Patti smith]

At the risk of being ridiculed, I am asking how many eggs a chicken will lay in one day? I know the accepted answer is 1. However, I have 3 chickens (2 young, 1 older). I haven't a rooster as I live town. I am mobility impaired and collect eggs on saturdays and wednesday. On saturday, there were a dozen eggs and today there were 13. What is happening here? Google said 1, rarely 2, and miraculouslely 3. I am confused.

 

[GodLovesU]

Wow,were you collecting a normal amount before this point?

 

[Ridgerunner]

The standard is that a hen will release one yolk to start the formation of an egg. It takes around 25 hours from the time that yolk is released until the egg is laid, on average. That is an average, some are faster, some slower. Some chickens ay lay 2 or 3 eggs a week, some 5 or 6, maybe occasionally 7 per week.

Sometimes a hen makes a mistake and releases 2 or 3 yolks at a time to start making eggs. I read somewhere that the record is seven yolks in one day. If the yolks are released at the same time you often get a double yolked (or more) egg. If they are spread out a bit you get separate eggs.

Most hens make enough shell material to cover one egg a day. With living animals you can get exceptions but it is pretty common for the second egg laid that day to be thin-shelled. Were all 25 of those eggs normal shelled? They may not have enough pigment to color both eggs either. Did all of the eggs look a normal color and shade? A hen grows the yolks inside her to a certain size before they are released. When I butcher my hens I can see the different sized yolks getting ready. If you opened those eggs were the yolks all the same size? What was their laying history before this past week?

25 eggs from 3 hens in 7 days does not sound right. My first thought is that another hen (or animal) is laying eggs in there. Is that possible? Another thought is that someone is pulling a practical joke on you.

 

[Patti smith]

Wow,were you collecting

The standard is that a hen will release one yolk to start the formation of an egg. It takes around 25 hours from the time that yolk is released until the egg is laid, on average. That is an average, some are faster, some slower. Some chickens ay lay 2 or 3 eggs a week, some 5 or 6, maybe occasionally 7 per week.

Sometimes a hen makes a mistake and releases 2 or 3 yolks at a time to start making eggs. I read somewhere that the record is seven yolks in one day. If the yolks are released at the same time you often get a double yolked (or more) egg. If they are spread out a bit you get separate eggs.

Most hens make enough shell material to cover one egg a day. With living animals you can get exceptions but it is pretty common for the second egg laid that day to be thin-shelled. Were all 25 of those eggs normal shelled? They may not have enough pigment to color both eggs either. Did all of the eggs look a normal color and shade? A hen grows the yolks inside her to a certain size before they are released. When I butcher my hens I can see the different sized yolks getting ready. If you opened those eggs were the yolks all the same size? What was their laying history before this past week?

25 eggs from 3 hens in 7 days does not sound right. My first thought is that another hen (or animal) is laying eggs in there. Is that possible? Another thought is that someone is pulling a practical joke on you.

I don't know. I thouht about the neighbor behind me. She got hens shortly after I did, but I can't imagine her doing that when she has family she can give them to.

The standard is that a hen will release one yolk to start the formation of an egg. It takes around 25 hours from the time that yolk is released until the egg is laid, on average. That is an average, some are faster, some slower. Some chickens ay lay 2 or 3 eggs a week, some 5 or 6, maybe occasionally 7 per week.

Sometimes a hen makes a mistake and releases 2 or 3 yolks at a time to start making eggs. I read somewhere that the record is seven yolks in one day. If the yolks are released at the same time you often get a double yolked (or more) egg. If they are spread out a bit you get separate eggs.

Most hens make enough shell material to cover one egg a day. With living animals you can get exceptions but it is pretty common for the second egg laid that day to be thin-shelled. Were all 25 of those eggs normal shelled? They may not have enough pigment to color both eggs either. Did all of the eggs look a normal color and shade? A hen grows the yolks inside her to a certain size before they are released. When I butcher my hens I can see the different sized yolks getting ready. If you opened those eggs were the yolks all the same size? What was their laying history before this past week?

25 eggs from 3 hens in 7 days does not sound right. My first thought is that another hen (or animal) is laying eggs in there. Is that possible? Another thought is that someone is pulling a practical joke on you.

We have a lot of double yolk eggs. They started laying 2 weeks after I got them and had 3 eggs per day then. The 2 young ones Started laying this spring. And have steadiy increased production. I will ask my neighbor.

 

[Patti smith]

Wow,were you collecting a normal amount before this point?

Started out 3 eggs per day

 

[WingItRanch]

Just throwing this out there... let's say all 3 of your hens are laying 1egg/day. You collect on Saturdays and Wednesdays.

So let's say they laid 3 on Sunday, 3 on Monday, 3 on Tuesday, and 3 on Wednesday before you collected. That would be 12 total.

Well, what if they weren't done laying on Saturday before you collected? Maybe one laid a little later in the day. That would be 13.

Possible but that would mean you have very efficient birds!

 

[HollowOfWisps]

What breeds are they? Are they hybrid layers or heritage breeds?