How long does it take for a hen to lay her first egg, then her second?

[lillypurrs23]

Just wondering if she would usually lay it the day after the first one, since it takes about 24 hours.

 

[teach1rusl]

New layers tend to be a bit more sporadic than seasoned layers. But it really depends on the breed; some lay 6-7 days a week straight, while others may lay 1-2 eggs per week. My EE would only lay every other day.

 

[Fred's Hens]

Breed dependent, for sure.

The little red sex links start and go pretty good. Standard breeds take much longer. What breed are you asking about?

 

[lillypurrs23]

Mine are Speckled Sussex.

 

[Fred's Hens]

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Saw it in your avatar but didn't want to assume. I 've had the breed. Slow. Slow at everything. This is why they are a valued, traditional breed. They brood quite well, at least some do. Not a big layer. average 4-5 a week at peak, but that peak last for 4 years. Not too bad. White skin, good eating bird too. Eggs will always be smallish. Good quiet disposition and very good free foragers.

 

[swimmer]

Fred's Hens :

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Saw it in your avatar but didn't want to assume. I 've had the breed. Slow. Slow at everything. This is why they are a valued, traditional breed. They brood quite well, at least some do. Not a big layer. average 4-5 a week at peak, but that peak last for 4 years. Not too bad. White skin, good eating bird too. Eggs will always be smallish. Good quiet disposition and very good free foragers.

x's two​

 

[lillypurrs23]

Hmm. We got ours from Meyer Hatchery, and in their catalog, it said that the production was very good, and eggs were large. Well, I guess we'll have to wait to see.

Swimmer, what do you mean by x's two?

 

[Fred's Hens]

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It means Swimmer agreed with my previous post.

Got the Meyer's catalog in front of me.

Egg size= large. Their description (I disagree, unless large means medium and Jumbo means large.)

Sorry, Meyers is overstating the SS egg size, imho.

Production=Very Good, which Myers defines as 4-5 eggs a week. Exactly as I said in my post earlier.

 

[lillypurrs23]

Ohhh, I see.

Well, we have 4, and 1 out of 4 are laying at the moment. Another started squatting the other day, so hopefully she'll start laying pretty soon. It took the one who was laying 4 days from when she started squatting.

 

[AinaWGSD]

Dependent on breed and individual chicken. My first egg layer (one of my EE) laid her second egg the next day after her first. Then she took a day off. Then she was pretty consistent laying 3 days and taking one off for the first two weeks. Last week she laid 5 or 6 days in a row before taking a day off and starting up again. So far none of my other girls who have started laying (2 others for sure, possibly 3 or 4, at least one of which is one of my speckled sussex) have been as consistent. Seems most of them lay every other day to every third day. But they're just starting, and it's still cold and wintery here, so I have hope that once they get the kinks out of the system and spring/summer arrive the egg production will be more consistent.