18 weeks old. Where the **** are my eggs?

[igorsMistress]

You could have 6 weeks to go. Good luck to your girls.

 

[SueT]

I have a hen that just laid her first egg at 17 MONTHS. Yes, months, nearly a year and a half old.
She's a D'Uccle, is lowest in the pecking order and lives a repressed existence. Maybe she'll get more respect now.

 

[Living_Legend]

No rooster
There has been scratching in nesting boxes
Still giving grower feed
They can't hide eggs from me

My post sounded aggressive but I was just messing around. I'm just excited to see all my work payoff.

 

[LittleMissCountry]

No rooster
There has been scratching in nesting boxes
Still giving grower feed
They can't hide eggs from me

My post sounded aggressive but I was just messing around. I'm just excited to see all my work payoff.

If they are scratching in the nesting boxes, then it won't be long! One of mine started laying at 17 weeks, but two of the others didn't start until 20 and 22 weeks. I still have a buff orp that hasn't started laying at 25 weeks.

 

[Birdsong 82]

I will say I decided one day to give them a nice bowl of just plain Greek yogurt. The next day I had the first to lay in egg. Now probably just coincidence but worth a shot. Plus it is way too amusing watching them eat it. They were trying to wipe their beaks off afterwards on the ground. But they definitely enjoyed Even if it was just a coincidence

 

[rebrascora]

The funny thing is that when you get that first egg, despite having raised these birds specifically for that purpose and waited (not so) patiently for it to arrive, it still seems spectacularly miraculous and exciting when it actually happens.

 

[Clousic Chicks]

I wouldn't get too upset until they are 28 weeks of age and not laying....patience.

 

[Chickassan]

The dominiques should be popping soon they run around 20 weeks.

 

[IdyllwildAcres]

I am at 18 weeks with my spring chicks, a few red wattles but no squatting and no eggs yet. I am wondering if they even will squat before they lay they were broody raised and basically won't let me near them. Hoping that changes once they do start laying...

Gary

 

[chickendreams24]

Buckeyes are a little slower breed to mature.

Dominiques and Wyandottes it really depends on on the line.