Guest Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 one of our girls laid this whopper today. It's 3 inches long and 6 inches around its widest part. ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 What does it weigh? It might qualify for the Egg Leader Board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 my scales are a bit rubbish but i've weighed it a few times to make sure and it was 80g each time. I don't have digital scales so that's probably give or take a gram or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 where's the egg leader board and what's been the biggest so far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Impressive...but doesn't qualify I'm afraid... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 ah well, i'm not bothered, I'm well impressed with it! off to try a medeira cake in my breadmaker to celebrate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 looks like a double yolker to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 looks like a double yolker to me! will save it for poached egg on toast in that case. Do older girls still lay double yolkers? I hope it is as we've never had one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 the length says double yolker to me. Our big girl Ella used to lay lots, she hasnt laid since September though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatsCube Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Oh I got a white double yoker from dippy today too. weighed in at 89g. I havent been able to eat it though as I promised it to my mum cause she had never seen a double yoker before. She was amazed by it when she just picked it up, cant believed it came from such a small chicken!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyren Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Do older girls still lay double yolkers? I hope it is as we've never had one. I think they're most likely to lay double yolkers at the start and end of their reproductive life, when their system is gearing either up or down and they have a tendency to ovulate erratically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 ah bless, one of my girls is going thru the menopause! I'll let you know if it's a dble yolker, we've had big eggs before and they haven't been dble yolkers but none as big as this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRC99 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 That's a whopper. I can't believe that it doesn't make the leaderboard. If 80g doesn't make it, what does? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 100g or over! I think the heaviest was 140g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 That's a whopper. I can't believe that it doesn't make the leaderboard. If 80g doesn't make it, what does? I 'think' Egluntine had a 120g egg from one of her chickens Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 That's a whopper. I can't believe that it doesn't make the leaderboard. If 80g doesn't make it, what does? I 'think' Egluntine had a 120g egg from one of her chickens Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 looks like a double yolker to me! looks like a goose egg to me!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Lovely egg Poet! We should be seeing a few of them in a few weeks - it's getting to the time of year where they have hormones surges and egg production peaks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 looks like a double yolker to me! looks like a goose egg to me!! i was wondering if a goose had sneaked in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Lovely egg Poet! We should be seeing a few of them in a few weeks - it's getting to the time of year where they have hormones surges and egg production peaks! i didn't know that, cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I didn't know that either . Lovely big egg, Poet, hope you enjoy it. Our largest (both double yolkers) have only been 76 and 74 so you're doing well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Lovely egg Poet! We should be seeing a few of them in a few weeks - it's getting to the time of year where they have hormones surges and egg production peaks! i didn't know that, cool! Due to my anorak habit of weighing and recording every egg laid last year, I can officially confirm that March is the peak month for egg laying, (size and number), remaining steady throughout April, May and June, dropping fractionally July and August, then tailing off through September, October and November. At least, that is what my statistics show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Oh my, Snowy! You are an anorak! Nice to know though! Not that I would ever write down the names of who has laid everyday and teach the neighbours to do the same when we are away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedusA Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Tee hee Christian! I keep an egg-log too. My OH thinks I'm a bit weird. Great egg Poet. Do let us know if it is a double-yolker. I had one once, but not nearly so big as yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I keep an egg log too, it is interesting to know who has laid what and when and to know the weights sometimes you think and egg is small but it is just that the one you collected at the same time is big We had an 86g egg from Egzeena today she occasionally lays large eggs, it must have been the huge number of woodlice I gave her on Tuesday when I found them in a hole in a swede I had brought in from the garden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...