Can a chicken lay two eggs in one day?

no

I do not think the shell can be synthesised that quickly. According to Wiki the best egg laying breeds barely manage 300 a year.

Maybe if it was taking crazy fertility drugs like humans sometimes do… Wouldn’t wanna eat those eggs though. :)

I would imagine that it happens very infrequently, but I doubt it’s impossible.

@ragingloli I do not think the shell can be synthesised that quickly. According to Wiki the best egg laying breeds barely manage 300 a year.

That is an astounding high number. I had no idea.

Hey, if a chicken’s horny enough I suppose he could lay two of anything.

Sometimes you can get two yolks in one egg, but @ragingloli is right, making a true shell takes too long.

From the book “Commercial chicken meat and egg production” (Donald D. Bell, William Daniel Weaver, Mack O. North):

“Normally, only one yolk is ovulated per day, but occasionally two may be released and on rare occasions there may be three. If two are ovulated at the same time, normally only one enters the oviduct, but if both are picked up simultaneously by the oviduct, a double yolk egg will result. About ⅔ of the double-yolk eggs are the result of ovulations within three hours of each other. If there is a great difference in ovulation time, two eggs may be produced on the same day, but usually the second is soft-shelled.”

This question reminds me of a math question that I haven’t quite worked out yet.

If a chicken-and-a-half can lay an egg-and-a-half in a day-and-a-half, how many days would it take for one chicken to lay a dozen eggs?

if a rooster is on top of a four sided triangular roof, with no wind, and lays an egg, what direction does the egg roll down?

@Pseudonym downwards?

@Pseudonym… a rooster?

@Pseudonym There would be no egg as roosters don’t lay them.

A glider crashes exactly on the border of two countries. Who gets the engine and where are the survivours buried?

@ragingloli- Wouldn’t you likely go to prision for burying survivors?

And by the way, there are gliders that have small engines.

ANNNDDD it was a glider lol

Thank you so much everyone for all of your great answers! You have all been a great help!

@ragingloli- The owner remains possession of the engine . . . . and which 2 countries?

I once had chickens and a rooster and recall finding 2 eggs from the same chicken. I would be shocked when I found 2 in the nest. I don’t know how they do it, but I believe it is possible. And the 2 yokes in 1 egg is possible, as well.

@GingerMinx CORRECTAMUNDO!!! you just got yourself into my fluther

A cowboy rides into town on Friday. He stays three days, and leaves on a Friday. How is this possible?

@Pseudonym, “Giddyup, Friday. It’s Monday, let’s blow this town.”

@CyanoticWasp Righto.

(Great answer @Harp.)

From Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens: The best layers average between 250 and 280 eggs per year, although individual birds may exceed 300.

My opinion — I’m sure it can happen, but not often, especially given the stats.

I’ve never had one lay two in one day that I know of. I had a Rhode Island Red that layed alot of double yoked eggs before. I’ve heard that occurs more on young hens than older ones. I get an occasional double yoker from my Leghorns. Once in a great while I also get an egg with no shell, just a thick transparent membrane.

@Pseudonym Woo Hoo!!!

That would be too complicated. Then we’d have to ask “which came first, the egg, or the egg?”

I have a young leghorn which recently gave me a double yolked egg. Earlier today she spent an extra long time in the box, and unless I was blind to an egg there from earlier this morning when I gathered the others, she laid 2 eggs today.

Is it possible for a hen to lay two eggs at once? Because I just had the most amazing thing happen. I just watched my hen lay two eggs at once…two eggs just popped out.

Has anyone ever seen that before? Thanks

Jack