Ancona (chicken): when will she start laying?

[SourRoses]

It makes me super impatient thinking in months. A week seems short to me so even when I say 4 weeks it seems somewhat reasonable but when I say a month it just feels like an eternity. Maybe I am just weird

But the weeks add up to so many more!

 

[WingItRanch]

5.5 months old (a little over 22 weeks) and still no eggs. She sure is pretty, though!

 

[Logar]

5.5 months old (a little over 22 weeks) and still no eggs. She sure is pretty, though!

With that massive red comb and wattles any day now!

 

[WingItRanch]

Update: 25 weeks old today and still no eggs!

 

[WingItRanch]

Updates pics of my Ancona. She's still teasing me. No eggs!

Her comb is crazy big! I call her my fashionable Italian.

 

[WingItRanch]

Spoke too soon! First egg at 27 weeks and 1 day old.

 

[Laylahege]

Spoke too soon! First egg at 27 weeks and 1 day old.

my Ancona started laying late, and takes random breaks in the winter (I'm in GA) while my other girls keep laying. She also has long molts, 2 months with no eggs and her beautiful giant comb shrivels up to a pale worm lol. But she's beautiful!

 

[WingItRanch]

my Ancona started laying late, and takes random breaks in the winter (I'm in GA) while my other girls keep laying. She also has long molts, 2 months with no eggs and her beautiful giant comb shrivels up to a pale worm lol. But she's beautiful!

Thank you! That's good to know! I purchased 12 chicks and the hatchery goes "bakers dozen! Choose another one for free!" And when I asked her opinion she said the Ancona was their new breed so I said sure! She's definitely a "look but don't touch" kind of girl.

 

[Laylahege]

Thank you! That's good to know! I purchased 12 chicks and the hatchery goes "bakers dozen! Choose another one for free!" And when I asked her opinion she said the Ancona was their new breed so I said sure! She's definitely a "look but don't touch" kind of girl.

Mine is a bit flighty also. I got her because they are known for never going broody and are heat tolerant.

 

[Granny23]

Hey there!

I have some pullets of various breeds but same age- 2 days short of 16 weeks old.

My Ancona is the smallest but she also seems to have the reddest comb and wattle and I read the breed tends to lay early but I can't find any info on average point-of-lay. Can anyone with Anconas tell me when yours started to lay? Here's a pic for reference of her behind my Barred Rock.

Thanks again!

My 2 Anconas started laying at 18 weeks, with the first ones being laid on December 19, 2024. As of today they are still laying little tiny eggs.