Eggs....

My hens have been laying for about two months now, and we've passed the 100 egg mark already! The two birds I ended up with (post raccoon attacks) are only supposed to lay four eggs per week. I've ended up with an average of 13 eggs each week instead of 8. Schitzo, the Barred Rock on the left (a type of Plymouth Rock) and Henny Penny, the Black Sex Link (aka Black Star) are laying at the same basic rate.

Yesterday, for the second time, Penny (I know, Mandy, you told me not to name them!) laid a huge egg. I mean, HUGE! Usually the eggs are about 55 grams. This was a whopping 87 grams!

According to the limited research I did, it's either because the hen's system hasn't regulated laying yet, or it's a genetic mutation that causes some breeds to lay double-yolked eggs. That is why it's so large, she's done it once before.

I also dicovered that sometimes birds lay two shelled eggs with what's called a 'wind' egg in the center of another shell. No yolk in either egg. Okay, way more information than you wanted, but there it is!