How old was your hen when she laid her 1st egg?

[Santa Walt]

As a newbie, I am wondering if the first eggs are a little smaller than later eggs as the hens age more. 17 weeks seems pretty young. The timeline on http://professorchicken.webs.com/timelineofachicken.htm indicates the best laying period begins at about 8 months (32 weeks). Just wondering if the egg size would increase between the first egg and 32 weeks.

Thanks for being patient with me. Maybe next year I will have more answers and less questions.

 

[elaucht]

first eggs are always smaller. Good ting too, Im sure it hurts. just like having a baby. Welcome to BYC.

 

[gstone]

my 18 week Buff Orpington has layed 3 eggs in 4 days. They are light tan and about 2 inches tall. I think it is her, her coop mates are 2 dark cornish and a hamburg. I know Orpingtons mature early, so I assume it is her. How long before the eggs are more standard in size? Fun thread!

 

[trunkman]

White rock at 20 weeks, barred rock at 19 1/2 weeks and RIR at 20 weeks..

But haven't figured out who my 4th layer is yet.

 

[Hollywood Chickens]

Breedartridge Rock
Age:29 weeks old minus 1 day
Egg color: medium brown, darker than BRs but much lighter than Marans
Size: Medium--about 2.5 inches long

 

[gritsar]

One of my LF brahmas was 19 weeks old when she laid her first egg! A nice brown egg.

Now I have a coop full of SFs, EEs, silkies, turkens, speckled sussex and cornish Xs, all 24 weeks old and I have no idea who is laying what, except the meaties. The meaties eggs are big and have had a few double yolkers. I know the SFs are also laying, but I've had a few eggs that I can't ID. I'm getting pale, yellowish eggs, pink eggs, and light brown eggs from the meaties. The pinkish eggs belong to the SFs, the yellowish eggs.....

 

[AJ666]

Domonique
About 22 weeks
Light brown
I never measured it, but it was around a centimeter shorter than our medium store bought eggs.

 

[chickenboy7c2d]

ISA brown

16 weeks


Double yolker

 

[berkeleysprings]

wheaten marans , 8+ months end of march to dec 25th located eastern most part of west virginia i think location and time of year matters edit sorry i did not read the rules ,,did not check egg size

 

[PepsNick]

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