Hit 14 eggs in one day from my 8 hens and had to double check the count

I went out to collect eggs last Tuesday and came back with 14 eggs from only 8 birds. That's way over what you'd expect on a normal day and I honestly thought I was losing it. Two of my hens are young layers, just started about 3 weeks ago, so they might be pumping them out fast. But still, 14 felt like winning some weird chicken lottery. I checked the coop three times to make sure I wasn't grabbing doubles from yesterday. Has anyone else had a crazy day where your hens just went full production mode for no reason?

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amybarnes21d ago

Thats only 1.75 eggs per hen, not a record.

spencer_chen621d ago

My neighbor's flock of 8 Rhode Island Reds gave me 14 eggs last Tuesday and I thought that was pretty good! @amybarnes has a point though, 1.75 per hen is nothing special when you think about it. My friend down the road gets closer to 2 eggs per bird on a good day with her Leghorns. I guess we all just get excited when our girls start laying and forget what normal production really looks like.