AJuff Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 When Darcy Vader our Black Rock started laying recently the first three eggs were huge, all double yokers. Since then she has laid tiny brown eggs. Will they increase in size as she gets older? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starboyhull Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Ours seem to vary we go from 40g+ eggs to 80g+ eggs and everything in between......I have been updating the egg tally everyday so I can see the progress of each hen and Hilda who started laying first is slowly increasing each week...... Keep track of them and you will then be able to see how they are doing...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 I have read that as they get older, especially after thay have moulted they lay fewer eggs, but larger ones our girls so far have no pattern for size, some days they are small & other days they are biggies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueChick Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 When Darcy Vader our Black Rock started laying recently the first three eggs were huge, all double yokers. Since then she has laid tiny brown eggs. Will they increase in size as she gets older? I have been trying to discover the same thing - our eggs are all about 40g but the girls are only about 22 weeks - so I am wondering if the eggs are going to get bigger as the chicks do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Yes they do get bigger! My year old hens lay approx 65g eggs daily. The 2 year olds lay 70 -80g eggs, but with more breaks in between (Beryl is up to 80g every other day). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debratugwell Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 When Darcy Vader our Black Rock started laying recently the first three eggs were huge, all double yokers. Since then she has laid tiny brown eggs. Will they increase in size as she gets older? yes they do get bigger as they get older. Ours were very small at first but now we regularly get some whopping 83g+ double yolkers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 I've had a lot of variation from laying biggish eggs from the start (hybrids), to starting with tiny eggs and increasing in size (pure breeds). They do overall increase in size with age. Eggs are supposed to increase in size during the laying season as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutechicky Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Sometimes this does happen but the eggs will slowly increase in size. No worries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
