23 Weeks! Girls you gotta pay your rent!

[LittleMissCountry]

Yeah, I have one freeloader out of four chickens. Mine are around 6 months. The others have been laying for several weeks already.

 

[Acre4Me]

Yeah, I have one freeloader out of four chickens. Mine are around 6 months. The others have been laying for several weeks already.

Wow! So yours are 25-27 weeks old and one is still holding out? We have 1 Black Jersey Giant, which seem to mature slower, so I’m not surprised she’s not laying yet, but the other 6 free-loaders I have are a surprise since I would have expected most of them to be laying by now.

 

[LittleMissCountry]

Wow! So yours are 25-27 weeks old and one is still holding out? We have 1 Black Jersey Giant, which seem to mature slower, so I’m not surprised she’s not laying yet, but the other 6 free-loaders I have are a surprise since I would have expected most of them to be laying by now.

Yep, mine is a buff orp, and she is 27 weeks. She was a late bloomer, and just started getting her comb and wattles a few weeks ago. She still shows no signs of laying...no interest in the nesting boxes (unless someone is in them, then she will go stare at them), no squatting, nothing. My other buff orp started laying over a month ago.

 

[Acre4Me]

Yep, mine is a buff orp, and she is 27 weeks. She was a late bloomer, and just started getting her comb and wattles a few weeks ago. She still shows no signs of laying...no interest in the nesting boxes (unless someone is in them, then she will go stare at them), no squatting, nothing. My other buff orp started laying over a month ago.

That seems late for a Buff Orp - hoping she starts laying before winter sets in!

 

[Naser]

Brown Leghorn eggs could be cream or pale brown, I have 4 of them

 

[LittleMissCountry]

That seems late for a Buff Orp - hoping she starts laying before winter sets in!

I hope so.

 

[Acre4Me]

Brown Leghorn eggs could be cream or pale brown, I have 4 of them

Good to know! We have been getting cream/pale brown eggs (only 1 egg on 2 days), so we thought it couldn’t be the DBL, but maybe one of those are actually laying!!

 

[Acre4Me]

24 weeks today and we now have 7 (out of 12) hens laying it seems. Here is a picture of 6 eggs. I think we get one more lighter brown egg (but it is darker than the lightest one in the picture). The eggs are wet as I had just rinsed them off before using them for breakfast. I think the lightest egg *might* be from a dark brown leghorn.