Age of chickens to lay

[Kristin G]

I have some wyandottes that I hatched on 1-16. They are already laying. I have thought the earliest was 14 weeks and that was rare

 

[sourland]

Hatched on 3/16 - that's today?

 

[Kristin G]

Hatched on 3/16 - that's today?

Sorry I fixed it it was 1-16. That makes them about 9 weeks. We have tried to think of anywhere else those eggs could come from but they were the only chickens we had. And they were locked in the coop.

 

[sourland]

Is there any possibility the hatch date was incorrect? Did you get them as day olds or as started birds? I doubt that it is physically possible for 9 week old birds to lay.

 

[Kristin G]

Is there any possibility the hatch date was incorrect? Did you get them as day olds or as started birds? I doubt that it is physically possible for 9 week old birds to lay.

 

[Kristin G]

I hatched them so positive on age. we haven't had any more eggs they were really small about half size. I'm beginning to wonder if just some other bird got in there. Very perplexed I have not seen anymore

 

[sourland]

Could someone have been pranking you?

 

[Kristin G]

Hmmm that could be a possibility.