How Many Eggs

CAN A CHICKEN LAY?

When you are first considering chickens you might wonder what kind of output to expect from your hens when they are full grown.

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Most chickens will lay at most 1 egg per day. Some days they will not lay any eggs. This is due to the reproductive system of the hen.

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Chickens have ovaries and develop follicles that eventually release an egg. From there, the process starts to deviate.

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How An Egg Grows Inside a Chicken?

While rare, just as humans with twins, some hens seem to be predisposed to routinely producing double yolk eggs.

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Double Yolk Eggs

When you have multiple chickens, the only way to know 100% for sure that a hen has laid two (or three) eggs is if she has been 100% isolated in a cage.

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