Laying eggs and 2 months 3weeks

[Tslauson]

I am new to chickens and I have done lots of research but still have so many question! All my chickens were born April 1st. Yesterday afternoon I went to hangout with them and found 3 eggs. 2 light brown the same color and 1 a little darker and the same size. They were in the run. I was really surprised! We cleaned the coop and opened the nesting boxes. Are they suppose to lay this young? What do I need to do next to make sure they have everything they need?

 

[The Phantom]

I think production breeds lay fast

 

[KikiLeigh02]

So you're figuring 11.5 weeks or so? Did you hatch them yourself or get them as day old chicks? That does seem very young. What breeds do you have?

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

I am new to chickens and I have done lots of research but still have so many question! All my chickens were born April 1st. Yesterday afternoon I went to hangout with them and found 3 eggs. 2 light brown the same color and 1 a little darker and the same size. They were in the run. I was really surprised! We cleaned the coop and opened the nesting boxes. Are they suppose to lay this young? What do I need to do next to make sure they have everything they need?

did you hatch them? if not they are older than you think, there is NO way that they are laying at 2 months. 9 weeks is way to young! mine are 10 weeks and are still little!

 

[ButteCA]

Tis the season.I got my laying hens late last summer in August and didn’t get eggs until spring just because we went into winter.

 

[ButteCA]

I would ask the same unless you hatched them yourself I would think they were older. 18 weeks is around when they start laying I thought.

 

[Tslauson]

So you're figuring 11.5 weeks or so? Did you hatch them yourself or get them as day old chicks? That does seem very young. What breeds do you have?

did you hatch them? if not they are older than you think, there is NO way that they are laying at 2 months. 9 weeks is way to young! mine are 10 weeks and are still little!

My are still pretty small I think and yes I got them at a day old.

 

[Tslauson]

So you're figuring 11.5 weeks or so? Did you hatch them yourself or get them as day old chicks? That does seem very young. What breeds do you have?

I have 3 buff orpington 3 Rhode Island Reds 1 of them is a rooster and 4 cochins 1 Black 1 Blue 2 White and I think the two white ones are roosters into white leghorns

 

[Tslauson]

We just put them out in there coop 3 weeks ago

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

My are still pretty small I think and yes I got them at a day old.

just because they were sold as day olds doesn't mean the were. did they have any feathers at all? on the wing?