Come On AC we want some eggs!

[bruceha2000]

Wow first eggs after 1 year old! I wonder if Anconas are just prone to be bad to non-layers? I have read in a couple places on the net about Anconas just not laying many eggs at all.

One of my Faverolles laid first at about 18 weeks - 3 eggs (11/3, 11/9, 11/12) then nothing for over 2 weeks. Since then I usually get one but they rarely both lay the same day.

The two Ancona started on 11/21 and 11/22 and have been pretty reliable since. Only 6 days since that I didn't get an egg from either of them, They both lay on a given day with some frequency.

Bruce

 

[bobbieschicks]

Sadly AC laid her last egg yesterday. Today I found her dead cold in the coop when I went to clean up. She lived a good life and was lead hen for quite some time. I will miss her.

 

[chicksurreal]

Sadly AC laid her last egg yesterday. Today I found her dead cold in the coop when I went to clean up. She lived a good life and was lead hen for quite some time. I will miss her.

So sorry for your loss. chickens have a way of making a home in our hearts, don't they? You gave her a great life and it sounds like she gave you something special too.