chantecler laying age???

[miss_jayne]

anyone know how old chanteclers are when they lay? i have been looking and can't get a week number. i have two lovely hens that are holding out!

their combs are not as red as my other hens yet, i bought them all at the same time as laying hens...approx. 17 wks. +, fully feathered and checking out the nest boxes.

any ideas might be useful, thanks!

 

[Wildsky]

I think ALL chickens range from around 18-25 weeks or so before laying.

 

[miss_jayne]

thanks...i wondered if they were a later maturing breed, and maybe the info i found was incorrect.

everyone else laying, but NOT the chanteclers! but this morning, i caught one of them in the nesting boxes, so maybeeeee.....

 

[Montana-Hens]

Miss Jayne,

So when did your ladies start laying.

I have one partidge Chantelcer and she is 18 weeks old. Since she has no comb, no waddles it is hard to guess when it might happen.

 

[miss_jayne]

montana...

she never did, and all the chickens in that flock became ill....they were culled. she was way over 20 weeks though!

sorry i couldn't be of help. they should start at about 20 weeks give or take no matter what.

 

[Montana-Hens]

My 25 week old Chantecler still hasn't started laying!!! She has no comb, and still lays poop the size of a robin!!

I have read that they were suppose to be early maturing, but she is the last one.

Anyone with Chanteclers able to share when theirs started laying.

 

[Lafarmette]

I have 5 buff Chanteclers. Only 2 are laying and they are 33 weeks old. The 2 that are laying just started laying in the last 3 weeks.