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    When do chickens start laying eggs?

    The BSLs thru their first season of laying have been very consistant, even prolific and the eggs have been very nice. They make up 2/3 of our origional pen. I kept a log and thru the winter we averaged 17+ eggs a day from a pen of 22 layers, 16 of which are BSLs.
  2. desertrocks

    When do chickens start laying eggs?

    It is hard to tell. In the pen of 14 Black Sex links, 2 Production Reds, 1 Amberlink, a Silverlaced wyandotte and an EE, the EE is tge only one we are sure isn't. In the truly mixed flock pen, the Barred Rocks lay huge eggs with the Leghorns running a close second. Both lay in the ex-large to...
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    When do chickens start laying eggs?

    Even with the oppressive heat of the desert, our 9 EE'ers are all coming online while the 30 1-3 years olds are progressing thru various stages of molt. Still averaging about 16 carton worthy large to jumbos and 6 a day from the new girls. It took 6 of their eggs to equal 1 cup but getting...
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    When do chickens start laying eggs?

    We have a mixed pen of former free rangers and penned birds. The free rangers are very resourceful and have built multiple nests in out of the way places behind things. There are a couple different boxes which the others seem to prefer. There is a ground nest behind the cage that this repurposed...
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