Days in a row laying?

[wild chick]

I know there is probably some world record of 300 days in a row or something, but I'm impressed with my little Ancona pullet laying 15 days straight now, one of which was a huge double yolk. Probably jinxing by posting this, but I feel like she needs a day's rest! She's my only white egg layer, so I have no doubt when I see her egg. Picture is at about 5 months old, before she started laying.

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

What a beauty! Did she go through a molt this winter??

 

[wild chick]

What a beauty! Did she go through a molt this winter??

No, she's a pullet, hatched June of 2018, so now about 9 months old. She's a hard luck story: had a broken leg at 3 months, had some kind of illness/yellow diarrhea that I *think* was related to egg production which happened about a month after she started laying. she didn't lay for 2 or 3 weeks, then started up again laying like a pullet 3 - 4 a week, then more and more. Her last "day off" was Feb 24th. All her hard luck stories can be found here on BYC under my threads. I should string them together in a book! Tough as a boot, I love her!

 

[aart]

Had a pullet laid 49 days in a row, one day off, then 35 days, one day off, then something like 20, can't remember all the numbers off the top of my head.

 

[wild chick]

Had a pullet laid 49 days in a row, one day off, then 35 days, one day off, then something like 20, can't remember all the numbers off the top of my head.

Makes me tired to think of it! What breed was she?

 

[chickens really]

Isn't that a Speckled Sussex?

 

[wild chick]

Isn't that a Speckled Sussex?

No, LOL, at least I don't think so. She was purchased as an Ancona (hatchery), yellow legs & white eggs, so I think that would be the deciding factor. Plus she's small, and I thought Sussex were more like a dual purpose shape. She can run 90 mph (well, just seems like it) and flies to the rafters of the coop every night.

 

[chickens really]

No, LOL, at least I don't think so. She was purchased as an Ancona (hatchery), yellow legs & white eggs, so I think that would be the deciding factor. Plus she's small, and I thought Sussex were more like a dual purpose shape. She can run 90 mph (well, just seems like it) and flies to the rafters of the coop every night.

... @MagpieDucks will know.

 

[aart]

Makes me tired to think of it! What breed was she?

EE x amberlink cross.....almost olive eggs.

 

[MagpieDucks]

... @MagpieDucks will know.

It’s an Ancona. SS=Red Earlobes, Ancona=White Earlobes. Oh, and Speckled Sussex are tri-colored.