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post #1 of 12
6/19/12 at 5:19pm
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I bought day old chicks from Ideal Poultry shipped Feb.22. I thought i had plenty of time to get ready for egg laying. Nest boxes are up but no straw or nest material. I was supprised this afternoon when there in the empty bare nest box was my 1st. egg . Don't know when i'll get another but i got one.    16 weeks?wee.gif

 

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post #2 of 12
6/19/12 at 5:34pm

Yeah! Isn't it exciting! I have 21 pullets that were also hatched Feb 22, waiting for them to start laying any time now.
 

Jakk... Homeschooling mom of four kids, two dogs, three cats, 6 Buff Orpingtons hatched on Christmas Day, 16 Hatchery Choice Pullets, 6 TSC Red Pullets all hatched on 2/22, 8 babes hatched 3/21, 9 babies hatched on May 11th. Sixteen Easter Eggers hatched Sept 1, two White Ameraucana hatched Sept 5th...and trying to resist the urge to fill the incubator!

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Jakk... Homeschooling mom of four kids, two dogs, three cats, 6 Buff Orpingtons hatched on Christmas Day, 16 Hatchery Choice Pullets, 6 TSC Red Pullets all hatched on 2/22, 8 babes hatched 3/21, 9 babies hatched on May 11th. Sixteen Easter Eggers hatched Sept 1, two White Ameraucana hatched Sept 5th...and trying to resist the urge to fill the incubator!

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post #3 of 12
6/20/12 at 4:14am
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Will be looking for more today.   yippiechickie.gif

 

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post #4 of 12
6/20/12 at 1:28pm
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We got another one today  .smile.png

 

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post #5 of 12
6/20/12 at 4:14pm

My Buffs BR and sex links are 18 weeks and we got our first egg today!  Which breed do you think laid the first egg?

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post #6 of 12
6/20/12 at 5:51pm
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 Which breed do you think laid the first egg?

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I have all production reds.


Edited by Ted n Ms - 6/20/12 at 5:54pm

 

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post #7 of 12
6/20/12 at 5:55pm
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My Buffs BR and sex links are 18 weeks and we got our first egg today!  Which breed do you think laid the first egg?

I'll say sex links

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post #8 of 12
6/23/12 at 8:40am

Mine all hatched on February 21.  At exactly 16 weeks we got our first egg from the sex links (RIR x White Rock) 16 weeks and 1 day the second started laying too and that was a double yolker.  All three laid by 17 weeks.  The first Leghorn to lay was 17 weeks to the day.  She is the only one so far out of 4 and her eggs are only about 1/4 of the size of the sex-links.

5 cats, 3 labrador retreivers, 2 quarter horses, 1 crazy goat, and 7 little chicks

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5 cats, 3 labrador retreivers, 2 quarter horses, 1 crazy goat, and 7 little chicks

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post #9 of 12
6/23/12 at 2:06pm

Now I am totally confused!  The 19 week old chickens laid one egg 4 days ago and nothing since.  We have buffs , barred rock, australorps, and sex links.  They have all the behaviors like squatting , sitting and circling the nest boxes, and crooning and clucking like they mean business.

 

They have constant water and feed, with a small amount of scratch and food scraps.  Any ideas?

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post #10 of 12
6/24/12 at 5:11am

I'm afraid the answer is, they lay when they lay.  It will vary from breed to breed but also from chicken to chicken. The first month of egg laying will have some surprises, like eggs laid in the wrong place, maybe even from the roost, perhaps a tiny or soft shelled egg, etc.  It takes a pullet about a month  from the first egg to settle into her regular pattern.  Just as you may see a first egg within a day or two of the red comb, squat, etc., or it may be a few weeks. 

 

Nothing to be confused about -- just sit back and watch their ways, and enjoy.

Judy
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Judy
Happiness is when you can look at your chickens and smile....
Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.

Flockwatching my little bunch of mutts, a favorite pastime.

BYC Troubleshooting article -- click here

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