How long after you got your first egg, did you get your second?

[Laughingduck81]

I have a barred rock mix (either with Jersey Giant or Austrlorp) and two days ago we fonally got our first egg ever! I’m curious when we can expect the second one From her? We have three sisters so I’m not sure who laid it, but I have my suspicions. They are 20 weeks old. Thanks! (The white frizzles are the same age but I’m really not ever expecting eggs from them, they are so tiny anyway lol).

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

Congrats!!

And I'd answer your question with "when she's good and ready". Seriously, though, pullets tend to have a greater timespan between their laid eggs, sometimes several days.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

From each individual bird it can take 2 days to two weeks after the first egg to get the second. It is a combination of age and change in day length. This time of year in the northern hemisphere, sexual maturity happens earlier than in fall and mid winter.
It will be easier to determine if ovulation is imminent by checking the distance between the pointy pelvic bones.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...o-is-not-butt-check.73309/#ams-comment-508695

 

[Laughingduck81]

We just got our second egg! I wonder if we got one yesterday too but she laid it somewhere while free-ranging.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

We just got our second egg! I wonder if we got one yesterday too but she laid it somewhere while free-ranging.

I don't let my ladies out until everyone has laid Congrats, it's so exciting when they finally start laying

 

[ChickenCanoe]

That must be very late in the day sometimes.
While most eggs come closely after dawn, they can lay eggs any time of day.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

That must be very late in the day sometimes.
While most eggs come closely after dawn, they can lay eggs any time of day.

They are all done by around 11am, so it works out fine for me