How long before I get an egg?

[Alex150o]

Be careful with your new eggs I accidentaly dropped one today because I was going to candle it and a fully developed peachick fell out of the shell. So freakin mad at myself for being so clumsy

 

[273816]

Be careful with your new eggs

I accidentaly dropped one today because I was going to candle it and a fully developed peachick fell out of the shell. So freakin mad at myself for being so clumsy

Oh, that's horrible. Hope all your other eggs turn out okay.

 

[DylansMom]

Be careful with your new eggs

I accidentaly dropped one today because I was going to candle it and a fully developed peachick fell out of the shell. So freakin mad at myself for being so clumsy

So Sorry! They do get to be really smooth and hard to get a grip on especially if they are under a hen. Almost like they've been buffed.

 

[zazouse]

I have done the same thing

I even tossed a good egg to my dog when i thought it was bad because it was 3 days past hatch time only to find it was still alive

 

[3BirdGirlz]

These guys are about 7 months old, all my chicks are this size and seem to he happy and healthy. How long befor I get an egg out of them?

Well, this is the peafowl section
But for a chicken, it depends on the breed. Most of my breeds start laying earlier than 7 months, but my Cochins take about 10 months.
Oh, and your pictured chicken looks like a Roo.

 

[zazouse]

Well, this is the peafowl section

But for a chicken, it depends on the breed. Most of my breeds start laying earlier than 7 months, but my Cochins take about 10 months.
Oh, and your pictured chicken looks like a Roo.

I agree, it does look like a roo

 

[highrolla1969]

Yes that one is my rooster. I posted him up just as an general idea on the size of the chickens. I have giant blacks and whites mixed we have 12 of them all together. The giant blacks are 4 month older but they have seem to been nesting a lot and laying down but we have not seen an egg yet and they are about 9 months old

 

[MinxFox]

Yes but we are trying to say you are in the peafowl (peacocks) section of BYC so you might get a lot more answers about when your chickens will lay in one of the chicken areas like this one: https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/5/incubating-hatching-eggs