EE Layers?

[sonew123]

I created all my EE's and OE's-anywhere from 21 weeks to 30 weeks..still waiting on some to lay too:-(

 

[buzymom13]

I have 2 EE's pullets and 1 roo. The roo is pretty and he's the sweetest thing. Our one EE "TY" started laying a very pretty blue/green egg about a month or so ago at about 22 weeks. But for whatever "flighty" reason has decided to stop laying for the past 2 weeks. Our other EE "PoDunk" hasn't started yet. They will all 3 be 30 wks this Thursday. Healthy, Happy, and very pretty to see.

I've read and been told that EE's are the most tempermental layers. Any reason including "just because" and they will stop laying. So we are waiting patiently for our girls to get done doing their nails and polishing their toes.

Good Luck!

 

[woodmort]

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Yes, that's why it is foolish, not to mention frustrating, to go by the "book" when it comes to determining when a particular breed or bird will lay. They will when they're ready--forget the calendar.

 

[kellswan]

mine is 23 weeks and still nothing

 

[GwenDellAnno]

Yes, NorTracNY, you should expect them to start laying before spring. Mine were hatched in May and I got my first green egg in November and all my EE's had started laying by December. I think it really has to do with their genetics. And since EE's are generally mutt birds there's going to be a lot of variation in their POL (point of lay) times.

 

[Stevo]

Mine started at 20 weeks and I get 6-8 eggs a day from 12 birds. I got mine from Agway.

 

[huckleberryfarm]

I have two that started laying at 21 weeks. I have 15 more that are 14 weeks and can't wait to see what they lay! So far I have a pretty pale green and a more olivey color. So fun!

 

[donnavee]

I had one EE lay at 20wks and another that didn't lay until she was almost 36wks. Seems that no two EE's are exactly alike.

 

[viktoriacl]

Anyone from My Pet Chicken? Just curious.

 

[Barry Natchitoches]

How long before my two EEs began laying?


Well, actually, they NEVER did.


In March of 2009, I ordered two EEs from a local feed store, along with four other baby pullets.


The other baby pullets grew up and by August of 2009 they were laying. In early September, one of the Buff Orpington pullet ladies went broody and by late September she hatched three little baby chicks.


But neither of the two EEs ever laid.


One turned out to be a cockerel, so I long ago gave up any hope of getting an egg out of that little man. He did do his part, however, to bring new chicks into our happy home.


The other EE did turn out to be a pullet, but she never laid.


I still have her -- she's a year and a half old now. And she never lays. Never even bothers to go near the nesting boxes.


I did finally get the blue egg layers I wanted -- by purchasing two adult hens from a local, organic dairy and egg farmer who wanted to downsize some. I have no idea what age they were when they began to lay, because by the time I got them, they were already laying and had been for quite awhile.