2 out 8 chickens laying, others need to come with the program!! lol!

[beckycrouch5115]

about 3 weeks ago I found my first 2 eggs from my RIRs. Then I would find only 1 for awhile, occasionally 2. In the last week i've had pretty consistently 2 eggs. The other 6 RIR are the same age as the ones laying. Almost all of them are doing the "squat" thing. Wish they would come on already! lol! It's weird how long it's taking them from the other RIR when they are all the same age! Then I have one leghorn which is 2 weeks younger then the rest so I guess she'll be awhile. Anybody else have a new flock with that much variation is laying?

 

[robynstamps]

I'm still waiting on my first egg from my 6 who are almost laying!

 

[beckycrouch5115]

the waiting is awful!

 

[robynstamps]

I meant to say from my 9 who are almost laying! 3 started squatting a few days ago too! Yay!!

 

[beckycrouch5115]

Mine have been squatting for weeks!

 

[MillermanKT]

I've been getting 3 eggs from my 6 hens for about a week now. They started laying at 14 weeks old.. This is my first time with chickens and it has an amazing project.

 

[WichitaKSClucks]

Mine are 16 weeks old now and haven't started laying. When you guys say "squatting" do they do that all the time or just a certain part of the day?

 

[robynstamps]

The 3 squatters squat when I reach out to pet them or when they are cornered. They get super stiff. It's so cute!!

 

[dekel18042]

about 3 weeks ago I found my first 2 eggs from my RIRs. Then I would find only 1 for awhile, occasionally 2. In the last week i've had pretty consistently 2 eggs. The other 6 RIR are the same age as the ones laying. Almost all of them are doing the "squat" thing. Wish they would come on already! lol! It's weird how long it's taking them from the other RIR when they are all the same age! Then I have one leghorn which is 2 weeks younger then the rest so I guess she'll be awhile. Anybody else have a new flock with that much variation is laying?

Flocks can have a huge variation in age of starting to lay. Months even, and that is normal. I have some olive eggers, a week less than five months old and I keep hoping to find an olive egg any day now. Their combs have reddened up so maybe....soon....Their mothers started laying between five months and at over 8 months.
I also have some bantams, all the same age and gotten at the same time and one of them has a nice red comb, one is a darker pink and the others are still very pale so I'm hoping to find my first bantam egg too. Not that I'm inpatient or anything.

 

[MillermanKT]

From what i have read.This is a natural thing for them to do. The "squatting " is supposed to let a rooster know they have reached breeding time.