Pro - Does anyone else's nest boxes get soaked in rain?

[over easy]

have been gettin eggs for about three weeks now regular.and the last ten days or so all have laid every day which is great.just wandered if the size they produce now is how they will be, or do they get bigger the older they get. would say they are about supermarket medium size right now.

[TAJ]

Aparently, so I have read the total weight of eggs laid in years 1 & 2 is about the same, but as they get older you get less eggs, but bigger size.

 

Mine went from high 40s to now about 58g, the odd 60+ and our Bluebelle is still laying about 3 double yokers a week of around 80g.

 

Tracy

[Sarah B]

My Pepperpot hybrid started laying 16 days ago. She lays a perfect egg everyday. They started at 45g then gradually went to 60, but I had a perfect 65g egg today!

 

I'm actually a bit worried in a way as in my hen book it says they lay an egg every 1.5 days and my Pepperpot lays at the same time everyday? I hope she won't get burnt out with it all?

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Our three have all increased their egg size gradually but seem to have settled now at around a 65-68g average.

 

Sarah, some hens do lay every day without a break - a couple of mine laid for 40 - 50 days without a day off, which I thought was amazing but after posting about it, I found out it's not that uncommon .

[twix]

mine are very variable but i had one that was 88.8g today!

[Scottie]

Our two laid without a day off for 2 and a half years, took six months off and Sylvia has restarted again - no sign of Mabel restarting - I think maybe she's had enough!

 

Sheila

[superjules]

Magpie and Sylvie have not had a day off yet but only started laying 3 weeks and 2 weeks ago respectively. Magpie lays 46-48g and Sylvie averages 52g.

 

Daffodil is nearly 2 years old and lays 6 eggs a week of around 68-70g. The day after her day off she lays an 80-grammer.

 

Reading that back I'm a complete egg anorak, aren't I?!

[Hen Watch]

My Omlet hybrids started laying little eggs, gradually increasing and average now at about 70-75g each.

 

You might like to know this supermarket grading info.

Very large = over 74g

Large = 63-73g

Medium = 53-63g

Small = under 53g

 

I'm actually a bit worried in a way as in my hen book it says they lay an egg every 1.5 days and my Pepperpot lays at the same time everyday? I hope she won't get burnt out with it all?(

 

The Omlet Guide says they lay an egg every 25.5 hours. So presumably once all those 1.5 hours extra each day add up, they miss a day.

[FORENSICA]

My Erika started laying last Tuesday and we got an egg every day since. They are 40g and one was a double-yolker of 58g. They are rather small I think, but I do not mind much, I am happy from those anyway.

[kiwichick]

So, if a chicken is only laying small to small-medium sized eggs and a person wanted to bake a cake would it be a good idea to increase the number of eggs in the recipe?

[chickencam]

I think that a lot of people put eggs in cakes by weight rather than number when they are baking sponges so that the proportions are right.

 

Our eggs started off at around 50g when they began laying late last summer, but now they are averaging 70g. Our girls must be just over a year old and they have not had a full moult yet.

[Snowy]

So, if a chicken is only laying small to small-medium sized eggs and a person wanted to bake a cake would it be a good idea to increase the number of eggs in the recipe?

 

Kiwichick - since I discovered the weighing eggs method, I haven't used any other! Weigh your eggs in their shells - 3 or 4, depending how big you want you sponge to be.If they total, say, 205g, just use 205g each of butter, sugar and flour. Dead easy! I used to have to refer to a recipe book every time, but not any more

[daj198]

Kiwichick - since I discovered the weighing eggs method, I haven't used any other! Weigh your eggs in their shells - 3 or 4, depending how big you want you sponge to be.If they total, say, 205g, just use 205g each of butter, sugar and flour. Dead easy! I used to have to refer to a recipe book every time, but not any more Cool

 

That's what I do. I find that sponges that I've done like that come out better than ones from a recipe.

[superjules]

Kiwichick - since I discovered the weighing eggs method, I haven't used any other! Weigh your eggs in their shells - 3 or 4, depending how big you want you sponge to be.If they total, say, 205g, just use 205g each of butter, sugar and flour. Dead easy! I used to have to refer to a recipe book every time, but not any more

 

And there was me thinking I was really clever and all along everyone else has been doing the same!!!

[kiwichick]

I haven't had sponge in I don't know how long. I'm drooling on the keyboard here thinking about them. Making it by weight sounds perfectly clear but what if I'm making a banana or choccie cake where the recipe calls for 3 eggs? Sorry to labour the point

 

Note to self - get some cream and strawberries in for sponge cake hide be sure to hide them from the heathens, sorry family

[superjules]

If a recipe asks for 3 eggs, I'd use 6 oz or 165g (weighed with shells, although probably doesn't make THAT much difference).

[Pinkybijou]

Thank you for this thread my chicken loving pals! My two have been laying for a couple of weeks now and are laying eggs between 42-48 grammes which seem really small. There's no sign of them increasing yet and no softies or double yolkers etc. Does anyone know how long it takes for their egg making gear to start making 'normal' sized eggs?

 

I'm absolutly thrilled to bits each day to find their teeny eggs anyway, I don't suppose the thrill gets any more with a slightly bigger egg, I'm just curious!

[ajm200]

One of my omlet girls lays little bantam size eggs weighing between 30 and 38g.

 

The other who has only been laying for a couple of days has laid one tiny egg, just 29g. The other was a whopper at 82g.

 

I guess this will settle down slowly but do any of you have omlet hens that always lay tiny eggs