26 week old flock and no eggs? Is something wrong?

[ChristinaBee]

My Black Copper Maran laid her first egg 2 days ago and she was hatched in June.

Congratulations! That’s hopeful since mine are around the same age.

 

[ChristinaBee]

That's early!
What time does the sun set?
You know they do need 8 hours of darkness.

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Do you recommend using a light?

 

[ShrekDawg]

I would honestly just wait. I know it’s hard but I think it’s better for them in the long term. They will lay when they and their bodies are ready and I think it’s healthy for them to take breaks in the winter (and they’ve definitely earned it) so I don’t supplement light. I think spring chicks sometimes take longer to lay because my first birds were fall chicks and they laid real early cause it was going into spring whereas the spring chicks didn’t start until they were like 9 months old. Well, the Leghorn started earlier LOL

 

[ChloeSilkie08]

Congratulations! That’s hopeful since mine are around the same age.

Thank you! The eggs are still darkening up but they are SUPER small and it's so cute!

 

[Offshoreorca]

I’m still waiting on Ameraucanas hatched in late May and a Marans pullet from mid June - they’ll be starting soon I think!

 

[EmmaRainboe]

My Black Copper Maran laid her first egg 2 days ago and she was hatched in June.

Lucky! Some of my late March-Early April babies still aren't laying.

 

[ChloeSilkie08]

Lucky! Some of my late March-Early April babies still aren't laying.

Oh no! What breed are they?

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Oh no! What breed are they?

Brahma x Cochins, this is expected.

 

[Offshoreorca]

Brahma x Cochins, this is expected.

Haha. The slow maturing ones My Cochins from late started laying a couple weeks ago, which was surprisingly early!

 

[MissE]

That's early!
What time does the sun set?
You know they do need 8 hours of darkness.

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As I stated in an earlier post, they are on the roost by 4pm this time of year.

By 4:30, you can't see what you're doing in the coop, and total dark by 5. As the days get longer, the light gets adjusted.