As spring nears we are all excited to order our new clutch of chicks. Some of us who are more focused on the egg production, pick chickens who lay the most eggs while others pick chickens based on appearance and recreation. No matter what you pick your chickens for , we wonder the same question, when will are hens begen to lay eggs? And I have created this article to answer just that. If you pick chickens just for egg production maybe this article can help you choose which chicken to get, if you pick chickens just for recreation maybe this can answer when your chickens will start to lay. I have chosen 7 popular breeds to focus on. Leghorns, Australorps, Buff Orpington, Rode Island Red, Plymouth Rocks, Silkie, and French Copper Marans. But first here are some averages. The average chicken will began to lay at six months. The average light weight chicken will began to lay at four months. The average heavy weight chicken will began to lay at seven months. Now let's get specific.
LEGHORNS:will began to lay at five months and lay around 320 eggs per year.
AUSTRALORPE : will began to lay at seven months and lay 250 eggs per year.
RODE ISLAND RED : will began to lay at five months and lay 200 eggs every year.
BUFF ORPINGTON :will began to lay at six months and lay 180 eggs per year.
PLYMOUTH ROCKS : will began to lay at five months and lay around 200 eggs per year.
SILKIES : will began to lay at nine months and lay 120 eggs per year
FRENCH COPPER MARANS : will began to lay at nine months and lay 175 eggs per year.
Now remember these are just the averages and your chickens may lay sooner. Or they might take longer to lay eggs (especially if they matured in the winter ) you may even find that your chickens lay MORE eggs than the averages! Eaither way I hope this helps and have fun with those chicks!
LEGHORNS:will began to lay at five months and lay around 320 eggs per year.
AUSTRALORPE : will began to lay at seven months and lay 250 eggs per year.
RODE ISLAND RED : will began to lay at five months and lay 200 eggs every year.
BUFF ORPINGTON :will began to lay at six months and lay 180 eggs per year.
PLYMOUTH ROCKS : will began to lay at five months and lay around 200 eggs per year.
SILKIES : will began to lay at nine months and lay 120 eggs per year
FRENCH COPPER MARANS : will began to lay at nine months and lay 175 eggs per year.
Now remember these are just the averages and your chickens may lay sooner. Or they might take longer to lay eggs (especially if they matured in the winter ) you may even find that your chickens lay MORE eggs than the averages! Eaither way I hope this helps and have fun with those chicks!
