18 week silkies

[siz8003]

why wont they lay? They have a light and all that

what age do they start I need them eggs!!!

 

[silkhope]

Hate to tell you, some of my silkie girls were 6-7 months old before they gave me an egg.

 

[siz8003]

wow I dont wanna wait that long!!!!

 

[Red]

My girls averaged about 20 - 22 weeks old when they started laying, but i've never had a silkie, sorry.

 

[Bawkadoodledoo]

Well I just had a silkie start laying and they're at least 29 weeks so I dunno what to say.

 

[LilPeeps]

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That's how many of mine are too.

 

[siz8003]

Nooooooooooooooooo

 

[RioLindoAz]

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All my silkies took a year to start laying.

 

[Sharisr32]

Silkies are not a Table Bird which means each bird does things at it's own maturity rate similar to people -
a year is not uncommon and doesn't mean you are doing something wrong -If it is a Buff I have heard of Buff Silkies laying only 6 to 8 eggs a year - The Buff Genetics mess things up. The higher Quality the more issues they have being Breeder Quality -- Everything in Silkies is a trade off --

 

[marie_martin]

Mine started between 7-8 mo. I think. Takes a while!

Marie