Hamburg Chicken

[MrsMacChicken]

I am in Australia
I have a 36 week old Hamburg pullet which is not laying yet. She sits in the nest every day with her friend GLW, comb is red, squats when I come near her, and raises her tail when I stroke her back. She has not gone through a moult as she was not fully feathered at moulting time. It is winter here but the days are now getting longer. The GLW is a week younger than the hamburg and has been laying for 3 weeks. They get plenty of fresh food, pellets, grain, protein, and grit. I know it depends on the bird but what is the average age for a Hamburg to lay?
I am sure that she thinks she is contributing to the GLW egg by nestling in beside her

 

[sourland]

Patience, . She will lay 'in her own good time'.

 

[lazy gardener]

Soon! All the indicators are there.

 

[MrsMacChicken]

She has been doing the ‘I’m ready for a rooster’ thing for a few weeks now. I think I will have a party when there is a little white egg next to the cream one!

 

[Better Than Rubies]

Hi! Welcome to Backyard Chickens! It is so nice to meet you.
Yes, as Sourland said, patience is key. I know it can be so hard to wait, though.

She has been doing the ‘I’m ready for a rooster’ thing for a few weeks now. I think I will have a party when there is a little white egg next to the cream one!

My pullets--especially my Production Red--had been squatting for QUITE a while before I got my first egg from her. I have six pullets, and now regularly get four eggs a day...occasionally five (I think I have one left needing to lay).
I personally would've thought that a Hamburg would be early maturing and laying by now, but, as Lazy Gardener implied, she's showing all the signs!, and definitely should lay soon. It also might also depend on the strain of bird, and just the individual bird in general.
I hope you get an egg soon, too, but try to be patient. It shouldn't be much longer.

 

[MrsMacChicken]

Hi! Welcome to Backyard Chickens! It is so nice to meet you.
Yes, as Sourland said, patience is key. I know it can be so hard to wait, though.


My pullets--especially my Production Red--had been squatting for QUITE a while before I got my first egg from her. I have six pullets, and now regularly get four eggs a day...occasionally five (I think I have one left needing to lay).
I personally would've thought that a Hamburg would be early maturing and laying by now, but, as Lazy Gardener implied, she's showing all the signs!, and definitely should lay soon. It also might also depend on the strain of bird, and just the individual bird in general.
I hope you get an egg soon, too, but try to be patient. It shouldn't be much longer.

I thought Hamburgs were early maturers too. Maybe it is because I called her Bob!