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?
Quote: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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
