Five eggs!

It is possible to have a hen lay 2 in a day, the only time I have had this happen was with an old girl coming to the end of her laying life
My second was also a softie

So long as it doesn't happen too often she should be ok


Sarah

If she's an ex batt then it may mean she's coming towards the end of laying
Doesn't mean the end the end though


I shall keep my fingers crossed for you that it was just a blip

Sarah

Now you mention it Caralou...  I think we did have an early egg yesterday and the last one I found about half four so I guess it was the same girlie.

I have had one ex-batt, Mavis, who hasn't been well at all, eating and drinking, but not scratching around, just sitting hunched in a corner.  Been to the vets with her twice, been Baytril'd and Flubenvet'd but vet could find nothing specific wrong.  Having had a chat with the Battery Hen Welfare Trust, it could have been purely psychological.  Having said all that, she seems to be making a comeback and is out with the others now, trashing the garden all day.  I had thought that she would never lay as, until recently, we have only had three eggs at the most each day and recently we have been getting four, so I thought she might have started laying again.  Anyway, is it possible that, now she seems to be settling down and being a "normal" (ha ha) hen again, she is still getting back into the routine of laying and might lay irregularly for a while, i.e. the odd two eggs a day?

But as you say Caralou. as long as they're happy, I'm not really bothered, I was just interested that they can cook up another egg in just a few hours.  Impressive!

And Sarah - I panicked a bit when I saw your words "the end" and didn't register the "of laying" bit!  Duh!  I couldn't care less if they never lay another egg again - it's just lovely to see them out there, scratching up worms and seeing off the pigeons with the sun (sometimes) on their feathers...