Chicken Memorials

[wombatally]

Hello All

 

Can anyone tell me when hens (if at all!) lay double yolkers - is it when they first start laying or as they get a bit older?

 

Also - I cannot believe the weight of some of the eggs some of you have had - my Speckledy, Henrietta, has been churning out 1 what I would call large egg a day at around 65gms each - I thought that was as big as they'd get!!

 

Ally

[jomaxsmith]

I think double yolkers are when they are very young but I've only ever had 2 and they were both from Daisy when she first started.

 

There is a useful size guide on http://www.britegg.co.uk/ukeggs05/ukeggs3.html that helps me when i need eggs for a recipe.

 

My Coral tends to lay 70g, Daisy is usually around 60 and Lily's a bit smaller still.

 

Jo

[ubereglu]

The few double yolkers I've ever had tend to be really long and practically torpedo shape.

[Egluntyne]

Double yolkers usually occur when the hen is young and fairly new to laying.

 

As their egg laying tackle settles down it tends not to happen.

[TAJ]

I still get 2-3 double yokers a week and they started laying in Feb.

 

Tracy

[Guest]

i've had 8 eggs so far and they have all been double yokers!! But two were softies which broke as the silly girl laid them on the bars!! I haven't been able to sort out who's layingwhich yet - I need to catch them in the act!

 

Louise

[Sunshine]

Im presuming some chickens are more prone to double yolkers than others? We ahve 4 chickens and since they have started laying(a few weeks) we have had no double yolkers much to my dissapointment.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

We've only had 2 double yolkers in 6 months - both were much larger than normal.