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    How old was your hen when she laid her 1st egg?

    Today one of my golden comets laid her first egg. She's 26 weeks old. THe strange thing is it was another golden comet who laid the first egg at 16 weeks so I'm not sure breed of chicken makes a difference ???? Anyway, she was so proud of herself she just had to run outside the coop and crow...
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    How old was your hen when she laid her 1st egg?

    We put our pullets on laying mash at around 14 weeks I think. The first pullet started laying at 16 weeks. By the way, she did not have a comb hardly at all on top of her head so I don't know what that has to do with maturity ???
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    How old was your hen when she laid her 1st egg?

    Congratulations! I have one light brahma who has not laid yet. She is 20 1/2 weeks old. They must be late bloomers. She's the biggest hen I own too. My husband had a talk with her and told her she was slacking since the tiniest bird (golden comet) was the first to lay at 16 weeks.
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    How old was your hen when she laid her 1st egg?

    Since I last posted we have more hens laying. We're getting seven eggs a day. We have 12 birds. This morning two of the eggs we broke open for breakfast were double yolkers! I can't believe it. We have all 6 of the golden comets laying now and one RIR.
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    How old was your hen when she laid her 1st egg?

    Quote: What kind of chickens are laying the double yolkers?
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    How old was your hen when she laid her 1st egg?

    In addition to our golden comet who laid her first egg at 16 weeks we now have two rhode island reds laying an egg a day. They started laying at 18 weeks. Someone was laying her egg on the floor in the corner so we put in a plastic milk crate with hay in it and she now lays her eggs in that. The...
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    How old was your hen when she laid her 1st egg?

    reed of hen- Golden Comet Age in weeks when she laid- 16 weeks. She has laid one egg a day so far. If you have more than one of that breed, did they all start laying around the same time?- No. None of the rest have started laying yet. Their ages now are 17 weeks. We have half a dozen RIR's the...
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