Hi Holly, We've got one of each breed (Americauna, Buff Orpington, Wyandotte, Astrolorp and a Brahma) and our Americauna was the first to lay last week at 19 weeks old. People have been posting about the "submissive squat" and it's true! Prior to laying our Americauna started rigidly squatting...
Interesting...yeah, my girls didn't show any interest in their nesting box until the "appointed hour". I'm sure it'll be any day now, make sure to post a pic of the egg when she finally lays!
To answer one of your questions, I don't think size has much to do with egg production per say. We have 5 different breeds (Brahma, Buff Orpington, Ameracauna, Silver Laced Wyandotte and Black Astrolorp) and our smallest with the least developed comb and waddle has layed first at 19 weeks...
We got our first egg from our first flock! Marion, our Americauna is the star laying a pretty light blue egg at only 19 weeks old :) Proud chicken parents right here!
We are still waiting for our first egg! Our girls are all about 19 weeks old.
We have 5 different breeds, one has a full comb and large bright red waddles but the others have varying degrees from no waddles with a small bump instead of a comb to small comb w/ small waddles. Does this...