Kolkata: Only eggs are now practiced across the state. More eggs are being used elsewhere than are falling on food leaves. Rotten eggs are now more in demand than good eggs.

When so much practice with eggs, then this question comes to mind, is it normal that the chicken lays a few eggs a day? How do you know which egg has a yolk, which has a double yolk? How many eggs do domestic chickens lay in a day?

Normally a healthy and mature hen lays one egg a day. It takes about 24 to 26 hours for a chicken's body to produce a complete egg. So it is not normally possible for a hen to lay more than 1 egg a day. A good breed of hen lays about 250 to 300 eggs a year.

How many eggs can poultry chickens? Poultry (Poultry) egg-producing chickens, which are commonly called 'layer chickens' (Layer chickens), have a much higher egg-laying capacity than ordinary domestic chickens. But even poultry hens cannot lay more than one egg a day.

Because scientifically, it takes about 24 to 26 hours to produce an egg in a chicken's body. A good breed of layer hen lays about 300 to 320 eggs a year. Laying Cycle: When chickens are about 18 to 20 weeks old i.e.

about 4 and a half months, they start laying eggs. At 26 to 30 weeks of age, they lay the most eggs. Around 90-95 percent of the hens in the farm lay one egg per day during this period.

How long to lay eggs: In poultry, a hen is usually kept for laying eggs for 72 to 80 weeks or about one and a half years of age. Then when their egg-laying rate drops, they are sold as meat. When is the double yolk of the egg?

Since chickens lay one egg a day, it is normal to have one yolk. However, in very rare cases, hens may lay two eggs on the same day due to hormonal variations. However, this does not happen regularly and double yolks are often seen in such eggs.