Americaunas not laying yet

[pipit]

I got a couple of Americaunas, 4 Buff Orpingtons and two Rhode Island Reds in mid February. The buffs and RIRs are laying but the Americaunas are not. Is there something wrong with them or does it just take longer for this breed to mature?

 

[pipit]

WOW! Right after posting this, I went out to check the coop and found a green egg on the ground! Now I just have to figure out which of the two laid it. COOL!

 

[FamilyOfChickens]

Yay!

My Americaunas and Easter Eggers aren't laying yet.

I might have heard that they do take longer to start laying...?

 

[janet2802]

I am waiting for my girls too. How old are your Americaunas?

 

[silkiechicken]

I think they all take about the same time to start laying eggs. It depends on their source though on how quickly they start to lay. I think a l of show quality birds lay later than hatchery ones because show birds are hatched from eggs chosen for quality, not the sheer fact there are now eggs to be hatched and sold.

 

[rosyposyosy]

familyofchickens? your ameraucana is 4 months old. that is the reason that she isnt laying

 

[justusnak]

Mine will be 21 weeks this weekend....or there abouts....and nothing yet! I want green eggs too!!
I DO like green eggs and Ham, I do, I do....Sam I am!