At what age do silkies start to lay????

[Bluechick66]

Do you know what kind of silkie mix it is? It does not appear to have a silkie head? It might be more difficult to judge it's age as a mix. Very pretty though.

It looks like a partridge, I just got a partridge a few days ago, she is only a few weeks old (I hope it is a she), It is very hard to tell when they are full grown.

 

[MotherAmanda]

Lol, learned a lot just from this thread that was all wrong from the gazillions I read doing the research before I bought my little Snowball silkie. Oh well. I only have my 1 now. She is a sweetie. Not real friendly but I'm good with that. She stays near and will chat. Got her Mother's Day week and no eggs. From all I HAD read, she was WAY behind; glad to know it is totally normal. I won't look for any from her probably until spring,

 

[MotherAmanda]

I am lol-ing today. I guess for lack of a better word, we "jinxed" her. My Snowball just layed her first egg. The cutest most perfect little pinkish brown egg.(for some reason I was expecting white?) I do not care. I am perfectly happy and proud. It is proudly posted on fb too. Yep. I'm a chicken nut

 

[RiveraPetSupply]

I have four silkie hens. I don't know how old they were when I got them because my husband forgot to ask the lady he got them from. But, I have only gotten three eggs so far. I got the first two within a couple days of each other about two weeks ago and a third today. I don't think they are prolific layers but the eggs taste great!

 

[super silkie]

To me it does not matter they are pets not egg suppliers so I'm happy to wait

 

[silkie4300]

mine layed at 4-5 months

 

[Chicken-Man]

my girl laid her first egg yesterday. she hasn't got 24/7 accsess to grass but I let her out to run around every day and she is eating egg lay mix (im pretty sure. it's some kind of egg lay stuff) and if Is summer/autumn here. (Australia). I really want to know how old she is but first need to know when the aprox time of egg lay age she is. then I can do the math

Anyone able to help me out???

 

[realsis]

I have a flock of silkies. .my youngest layer was 6 months old. My new up and coming chicks are now 6 months but no eggs yet.id say for silkies the average is between 6 to 7 months old. I've heard of some start at 8 to 9 months but the average would be 6 to 7 months old. Hope this helps.

 

[Missjune]

Just got my first silkie egg today and my girls are 5 1/2 months. I was worried it was going to take longer for them after reading this thread! I noticed all 3 of my silkie girls were spending a lot more time lurking around in the coop this last week instead of out in the yard so I figured something was up. Now to try and get them to use a nest box instead of the coop floor!

 

[jgfetter]

Wow thanks for all the info on this tread. I thought there was something wrong with my Silkie. She is 6 months old and still not laying. But it sound like silkies take longer than other chickens to lay. My husband keeps asking me when she will start earning her keep