Eggs at 4 months?!

[aart]

I'll have to keep an ear out for the classic egg-laying song to identify who started laying!

Do you know how old in weeks?
4 months could be 16-20 weeks.
Do you have any 'sexlink' breeds?
And if you really want to know....
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/who-is-laying-and-who-is-not-butt-check.73309/

 

[WallyBirdie]

Brought em home as a day old chicks on May 10th. I've done a bit of reading on sexlinks; I'm not an expert but I don't think I have any?

Thank you for sharing the article. It's definitely something worth knowing.

My suspicions are on my bantam Sebright, but I'll have to do a bit of nibbing to know for sure. Either way, it's a good day!

 

[aart]

Brought em home as a day old chicks on May 10th. I've done a bit of reading on sexlinks; I'm not an expert but I don't think I have any?

Thank you for sharing the article. It's definitely something worth knowing.

My suspicions are on my bantam Sebright, but I'll have to do a bit of nibbing to know for sure. Either way, it's a good day!

So about 18 weeks....not so 'early', even for non-sexlinks/high production birds.
I know nothing about Sebrights....except they are tiny and thus adorable.
Congrats!

 

[WallyBirdie]

So about 18 weeks....not so 'early', even for non-sexlinks/high production birds.
I know nothing about Sebrights....except they are tiny and thus adorable.
Congrats!

Thank you!
It seemed early to me because I was expecting between 5 and 7 months before laying.
My little Sebright is adorable but is also very bossy.

 

[DiYMama540]

yaaay!! The first eggs are so exciting! Prepare yourself, you may see a couple soft shells or more tiny eggs, but within a week or two they will get the plumbing working! Also, I'm not sure if it's scientifically proven or anything...but my birds started all together, sort of like human females when their time of the month gets synced...it was really quite strange, all around the same age but 2 different breeds.

 

[WallyBirdie]

yaaay!! The first eggs are so exciting! Prepare yourself, you may see a couple soft shells or more tiny eggs, but within a week or two they will get the plumbing working! Also, I'm not sure if it's scientifically proven or anything...but my birds started all together, sort of like human females when their time of the month gets synced...it was really quite strange, all around the same age but 2 different breeds.

It most certainly IS egg-citing! I know about soft shells and I'm looking forward to bringing in a collection to fill up some empty cartons!

 

[Miss Eliza]

Got my first one today as well! Just now, actually. I saw a chicken out of the pen and went to put her back in and noticed not all of them were

in there. I looked in the nest box and there was one of my cuckoo marans. I waited a few minutes and when she came out there it was!! I brought these chickens home on May 9th. They were a few days old.

 

[WallyBirdie]

Got my first one today as well! Just now, actually. I saw a chicken out of the pen and went to put her back in and noticed not all of them were View attachment 1906049 View attachment 1906051 in there. I looked in the nest box and there was one of my cuckoo marans. I waited a few minutes and when she came out there it was!! I brought these chickens home on May 9th. They were a few days old.

Congratulations! And thanks for sharing!
...I am up to THREE just today!

 

[Miss Eliza]

Congratulations! And thanks for sharing!
...I am up to THREE just today!

That’s awesome! Congratulations! I’m pretty excited! I wasn’t expecting anything until October! I will probably be checking on them all the time now!

 

[TinaMarieofFL]

We got our first egg at 4 months, also. That was early July. Now they are all laying and one is broody. We also got one egg the same size as the one you describe and I let my granddaughter crack it open. It was perfectly formed with a yolk!

that's adorable!