22 weeks on Monday

[bionic_chicken]

...and still no eggs. What am I doing wrong???

 

[sianara]

What are the breeds?

I don't know if you experience much shortage of day light hours in TX in the Fall/Winter, but here in MA we do and the egg production slows down considerably. Some breeds even stop for the winter and start up again in the Spring.

 

[Curlita]

My father in law used to raise chickens and he swears they start at 22 1/2 weeks. I think my first was about 23 weeks. Don't give up! Be not faint of heart! The egg will come!

 

[bionic_chicken]

I'm feeling encouraged...

 

[chickiebaby]

Doing nothing wrong. If you have heritage breeds, and not hybrids bred for early lay, then you're doing just fine. Some breeds right around 22, others maybe 28 . . .

the watched hen never lays?

 

[bionic_chicken]

I'll quit staring at them then...

 

[lurky]

yeah.... all mine were 26 to 28 weeks til i got eggs. It just seems like its never going to happen............and then some #@^*&( will put grocery store eggs in the nest boxes to freak you out......they seem to think this is funny for some reason

and then a few weeks later it will finally happen. Good luck....I hope yours dont wait as long as mine

 

[kalaim]

A watched pot never boils!

 

[gritsar]

In my flock of LF brahmas (16 hens) I had one that started at 19 weeks, two more joined her a week later and those three are laying every day now. I have at least two others that are laying about three times a week. They are now 23 weeks old, so that means I have 11 hens still not laying. I don't worry about it and I'm just happy to get the eggs that I do. Each hen will start on her own schedule, just like me and my four sisters did.

 

[winekntrychicks]

My girls turned 20 weeks (by my calculations) last Friday. On Saturday I got my first egg, Sun then the second, Monday then the 3rd and none today. I believe it is the same girl as the shell is blue, so it's one of my two EE's. I wasn't expecting any until 24 weeks cuz that's what I keep hearing.