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The earliest of my 2012 girls to lay were the Anconas and Cubalaya around 23 weeks. The earliest of the 2015 girls were 1 EE and 1 White Rock, just past 23 weeks. Others were as long as 29 and 30 weeks. The 2017 Exchequer Leghorns started at 19.5 and 20.5 weeks (takes 2 eggs to make 1 USDA...

It is certainly true of my 18 chickens! I have to throw scratch or BOSS out so they stand sorta still long enough I can count to be sure they are all in the barn before I close it up.

I had a hen that started a 3/4 crow at about 2 years. About the only sound she could make but rarely did was normal hen noises. She would bugle, squeal, whistle. But "bawk, bawk"?? None of that silly stuff though she did sing the egg song like a proper girl. She wasn't a morning crower, she...

I ended up with a Barnevelder cockerel in my April pullet shipment from Meyer. They are now 10 weeks old and I filed for a refund on him last night. Got the response today. Yep they were able to tell from the pictures that he is a cockerel. I knew it at 3 weeks! Bigger comb than the other...