At what age did your chickens lay?

[Outta Here]

Ok let me look for them....Aha! I've never used one before from BYC! Thanks!

 

[TheStooges]

Our golden comets started at 17 weeks, within days of each other. We have an EE who I suspect is about to start but hasn’t yet, she’s 19 weeks.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I just started a thread because I have a 17 month old hen I think is just laying her first eggs. That's right, 17 MONTHS. She is a Black Australorp. I have several, so I don't know which one it is. (Do I win a prize? )

 

[TheStooges]

I just started a thread because I have a 17 month old hen I think is just laying her first eggs. That's right, 17 MONTHS. She is a Black Australorp. I have several, so I don't know which one it is. (Do I win a prize? )

What a slacker, she better get moving… lots of ground to make up!

 

[Outta Here]

What a slacker, she better get moving… lots of ground to make up!

Do they do any free ranging where they could have been laying for the past year in a hidden nest?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Do they do any free ranging where they could have been laying for the past year in a hidden nest?

Yes they do free range part of each day. But that would not explain the small size of he egg or the blood on it. These are characteristics of a pullet's egg, not those of a mature hen. It's a puzzle!

 

[Outta Here]

Yes they do free range part of each day. But that would not explain the small size of he egg or the blood on it. These are characteristics of a pullet's egg, not those of a mature hen. It's a puzzle!

Oh, I didn't read the post well enough. I thought the hen was 17 months and had never laid...

 

[GoldieOrpington]

20-21 weeks for my two BOs and one EE (who then waited 9 days to lay again!). I’ve got one more EE not yet laying at 23 weeks.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

18 weeks for my RSL/leghorn cross.
28-32 weeks for the silkies.
23 and 27 weeks for the polish.
6 months, give it take a week for the Wyandotte, English Orp, Ameraucana and silkie crosses.
7 months for the Marans.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Oh, I didn't read the post well enough. I thought the hen was 17 months and had never laid...

Well, that's the thing. I don't know if she's been laying or not. I have 7 or 8 hens that all look alike...