light sussex

[henryhoe]

Can anyone tell me what age a light sussex starts to lay please!

 

[Egghead_Jr]

20 to 24 weeks is most common. Some earlier some later than that, as a bell curve 22 weeks would be the apex.

 

[henryhoe]

its just cause mine is 20 weeks now and she is alot fatter than my rir and her comb and wattles are getting redder every day!

 

[henryhoe]

Here's a pic took last week alot redder and bigger now!! Am i going to get eggs anytime soon??

 

[Egghead_Jr]

Is she squatting? Making the egg song? Mine all, but the red star and leghorns, squatted for me a week before they started laying last year. A few of them made the egg song a few days before they layed first egg.

Yeah, that nice red comb and wattle tells you it's going to be soon though. Two of my pullets have nice redness to comb at 20 weeks old now too, yet to show any other sign.

 

[henryhoe]

Dont mean to sound silly but not exactly sure what squatting looks like! She will not let me near her she is a real odd ball! Dont know if it means anything but her back end seems to look quite wide now

When she walks she seems to be crouched at bit, like lower to the ground than normal!

 

[henryhoe]

Thank you for the help!!