[chriseales]

Hi, I have 2 hens all now laying eggs everyday, one hen that has been laying for about a month is laying double yolkers everyday, and has been doing for 3 weeks, will she keep doing this forever?

[joyfull]

hopefully not 

[chriseales]

Is this not good for her then? She did lay an egg last week that was so big it had blood on it, but all the others she seems to be OK with

[joyfull]

Usually double yolkers are larger than average so on that point it is bad for them (they can get stuck and break inside the hen leading to infections) and also she is using up her egg reserve quicker - they are all born with the amount of yolks for the eggs that they will produce in their lifetime (they are inside them from birth all linked together like a row of sausages  ), and your girl is using 2 of these each time she lays an egg.

[Sassy]

birds starting to lay do this sometime until they get themselves sorted out

[chriseales]

Ahh, I see, I did not know that joyfull, thanks very much for that info, hopefully she will sort herself out soon then

Cheers