can a chicken lay 2 eggs a day
A chicken lays one egg a day or one every other day.   More infoThe actual time it takes for a hen to make an egg and lay it is 24 to 26 hours. Then the hen rests about 30 â¦ minutes or so before starting to make another one.In addition to resting about 1/2 hour each time an egg is laid, some hens rest about every 3 to 5 days and others rest about every 10 days.he resting times increase the total time to lay an egg. All that said with the various resting times a hen lays about 5 eggs a week or 260 eggs a year. It depends on the type of chicken. If you have a chicken that is meant for eggs (leghorn, etc) then about 1 per day. Meat chickens will lay about 2-3 per week.