Egg laying time?

[sonjadowns]

A few of my hens, red sex links, are beginning to lay eggs. I am new to this whole chicken adventure and was curious as to what time of day do yours normally lay their eggs. I have one who is laying near noon and the others are closer to 6 pm.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Hi &

I have 12 hens at the moment and they all lay at differing times during the day. No set program for any of them really. Some are Morning others are lunch and other’s late afternoon.

 

[Ridgerunner]

I agree, no set time. Also expect times to vary for most of your hens. There are various triggers that tells a hen when to release a yolk to start its journey through her internal egg making factory. One of those is when the last egg was laid, the next yolk is usually released a few minutes after she lays one. Since it normally takes about 25 hours on average for an egg to travel through her internal factory the next egg can come a little later each day. But 25 hours is just an average, some can be quite a bit quicker. So it is possible she may lay her egg about the same time each day. Or it may take longer than 25 hours so there is more of a daily gap.

 

[JenLiz]

At the moment, our Golden Laced Wyandotte lays hers mid morning, while our Golden Sex Link prefers mid afternoon. They are the only 2 our of our 12 who are laying so far and they just started this past weekend.

 

[Bdbutton]

At the moment, our Golden Laced Wyandotte lays hers mid morning, while our Golden Sex Link prefers mid afternoon. They are the only 2 our of our 12 who are laying so far and they just started this past weekend.

What is the age of your hens?

 

[Chick or Treat]

No scheduled time for egg laying. I tell ya, it’s kind of annoying when they all want to use the same box at the same time! Lol!!!