I gotta go back to the feed store tomorrow..

[TheOLDNewChick]

And tell Mary Jane proved his theory about RIR's having to be ten months old to lay WRONG! !!!!!!!!!! I was gone for two days, and my mom checked the nest boxes everyday, no egg. She told the chickens last night that I was gonna come home today. Well, I got home and naturally headed straight outside to the chickens [aside from my inside Siamese cat who's my baby and he knows it.] and I checked the nest box... And look! http://i8.tinypic.com/85pq6hv.jpg
http://i1.tinypic.com/6lae6f7.jpg
http://i10.tinypic.com/87n4bh1.jpg


; edit to post regular links, stupid BYC hates me. ;

 

[eggchel]

Awwww, congratulations on your RIR's first egg! Its a cute little pullet egg. RIRs that are bred for production (most hatchery RIRs) rather than for show, usually start laying months earlier than 10 months of age. I expect production birds to start laying anywhere between 18 and 24 weeks old.


Chel

 

[TheOLDNewChick]

He insisted it was ALL RIR's.