stumbling goat
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3 chooks = 5 eggs todayi checked the nest box this morning as i do every time i let them in or put them away. 7am - no eggs. 11am - 5 eggs.
yesterday an enormous double yolker + 2 other normal sized ones. had to share this  .
sg
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judith
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Omelette 
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Gervase
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Cripes, your girls must be walking around bow-legged  What do you feed them on?
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stumbling goat
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they have access to layer pellets, grit and i sprinkle a handful of birdseed corn mix most times i go out, and courgette, cucumber and tomato scraps from the chopping board.
i get the odd day of 2 eggs out of the 3, but 5!
sg
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pookie
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sounds like they've gone in ovary-drive to me 
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stumbling goat
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sg
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Woodburner
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Seriously, how deep is their bedding? Mine had a phase of burying eggs, and sometimes they uncovered them again all on their own. Had me going for a good week wondering what the heck  Usually the older eggs were a bit grubby, and that was actually the clue as to what was happening.
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stumbling goat
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they have a nest box section with 3 separate cubicles, each about 9 inches wide. the straw is about 5 to 6 inches deep when fluffed up. i estimate this would compress to a depth of around 2 inch or maybe a bit more or a bit less after a laying session.
every morning i fluff the straw up and check that it is clean and not damp or soiled with droppings, dampness or runny egg residue. when i ony have 2 eggs from them a hunting i shall go, in search of any eggs. i take your point WB but i am certain the nest box cubicles were empty of eggs this am, and then there were 5.
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VM
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Sounds weird. Have you tried floating them in water to see if they are all equally fresh?
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chicken feed
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i have had this with my black rooks & redcos' 5 hens producing 7-8 eggs a day but that is only when they go from pol to layers they lay all sorts of stange eggs too many too big 2 & 3 yokes in some cases but they soon settle down. they can not keep that up for too long they will burn themselfs out.
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stumbling goat
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vm - no, i haven't tried the floating fresh test.
cf - i don't mind an egg a day from each of them but i don't know what i can do to slow them down or regulate them?
3 eggs yesterday, and 3 the day before. jjust checked the boxes and the house and the runs, no eggs.
they started to lay the day after i got them, having not laid for their previous owner.
i shall watch them carefully.
sg
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