um, egglaying at 13 weeks?

[Sammy1122]

A buff orpington will not lay at 13 weeks. And the squatting doesnt mean theyll lay within the week. I currently have 7 22 week olds who have been squatting for weeks. Only 3 are laying. It can be a sign that they should lay soon but not "within the week".

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Any updates?

 

[AnimalGeek23]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/the-end-of-my-chicken-journey-thank-you-byc.1403498/

She had not layed an egg yet when we gave her away ;((
I hope she becomes a good mother though! The place we sent her to had some buffy cocks

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

Why did you give her away?

 

[AnimalGeek23]

Why did you give her away?

The thread I attached explains it all--basically some laws have changed since we researched the ordinances and someone reported us. chickens aren't allowed where I live(it used to be, though, and we weren't aware of the new code) anymore.

 

[Arivis2]

One of my 13 week old pullets( a lot heavier than the rest) started displaying signs of egglaying?? I think, at least. She walks really weirdly but she's completely healthy, and her comb/wattles are pretty red. She's also tried to sit down in dirt piles and the nesting box multiple times. She digs and finds bits of grass to put around her as if she's preparing a nest. She sits like a hen.
This behavior started yesterday, and she's only 13 weeks! (I'm sure of her age because we raised her since she was a day old) The other 13-week old girls seem interested and keep on disturbing her. Is it possible that she's trying to lay an egg?

I just found a tiny egg this morning. I have 5 older girls and added some layers this spring, one is a serama and she's 15 weeks old the other girls are 13 weeks. I've never had a serama before but its a little blueish egg so I am thinking it's my Serama Mama? If anyone else has any thoughts about it, please share. I am so surprised

 

[Mamatomany123]

I just found a tiny egg this morning. I have 5 older girls and added some layers this spring, one is a serama and she's 15 weeks old the other girls are 13 weeks. I've never had a serama before but its a little blueish egg so I am thinking it's my Serama Mama? If anyone else has any thoughts about it, please share. I am so surprised

It's called a fart egg. Usually it's just some egg white. No yolk. I've gotten a few.