After you got your first egg, how soon did more come?

[Delmar]

OK it's story time. When your girls started laying how long did it take to get another? I have five girls all the same age. Should I expect that since one has started, the rest are not far behind?

 

[obaan1]

If they are all the same breed, that would be an accurate statement. Get your egg frying pan ready.

 

[Delmar]

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They are not all the same breed. In fact, I think the one that laid the egg is the only one I have of that breed.

 

[Judy]

They can vary a LOT about when they start laying, both between breeds and between individuals. Look for red combs and squatting. Hope you start getting omelets soon!

 

[Cat Water]

All my chickens are the same age, except the silkies that are about two weeks older.

One silkie started laying in December, but it was the only one for about a month. The standard sized chickens which are different breeds all started laying at once, about a month later, all within a week or so of each other's first eggs. The second silkie still isn't laying.

 

[xyresicchick]

i got my first egg, and then got an egg like clockwork every 2 days after that from the same hen. i could tell it was the same hen because it was so perfectly timed as well as the egg was perfectly identical every time in shape and color. it took a while before there was any variation in the laying, or until there was a day with 2 eggs. then a while before there were 3 eggs in one day.

 

[Delmar]

Just got one more!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Depends, a few of my hens started laying days from each-other. Other's months.

 

[Heluerto]

Yep, I've had a hen lay at about 24 weeks, but then another not until about 40 weeks. But once they started, there was no stopping them!