My 20 week old Brahma Roo is mating.

[Eddy Chicken]

My flock will be 20 weeks on Monday. My Brahma Roo (same age) "sowed his oats" with the RIR today...she let him as she squatted and didn't put up a fight while he finished. Is this a sign that maybe they'll be laying soon?

He tried on a Light Brahma yesterday and she didn't fight it either.

Thanks,

Ed

 

[Fleabuskitty]

Yep, squatting (for roosters or when humans try to catch them) can be a sign that they'll start laying soon. It isn't always, though; my EE hen started squatting when I tried to catch her a good month before she laid.

 

[Eddy Chicken]

Thanks for the reply,

My flock has a nice coop they all go into willingly at sunset after a day of free ranging. Will they most likely choose to lay their eggs in the coop or may I find eggs almost anywhere? They're like cattle in that I know where they are based on time of day. Are their any tell tale signs that they are going to lay an egg?

 

[Kaeta44]

From what I've read elsewhere, Light Brahmas start laying at around 26 weeks.