My chicken sang the egg song!

[sssharon]

Sounds just like me. I have 11 all the same age except one that is maybe a month younger. She is 5 months or close to it now and the only one laying any eggs is my BR, Roxanne. Love that bird, she has jumped over the gate that goes to her pen 3 times now. When she sees me coming outside she will run to greet me. She jumped up on my lawn chair with me today and has never done that before. She saw I had food and jumped up to beg. Cracks me up. Anyway, I know what you mean by being anxious.

 

[sssharon]

I have a Wellummer that is at least 22 weeks old and wonder if what I read is true. It said they lay in late spring and early summer. Is that true of yours.

 

[zarafa121]

I heard from a wise chicken person that, just like us, chickens hit "puberty" at their own speed. I have four Red Sex Links born at the same time, two laying regularly for almost two weeks. Of the other two, one is starting to squat a little, and the other is hardly developing anything. I have a question about egg color: Does it have anything to do with the depth of color of their feathers? I have two dark reds and two lighter reds. Of the two who are laying, one is dark and one is light, and so go the eggs - one a rich brown, the other much lighter.

 

[jaseyboy1986]

My girls are 20 weeks and still no eggs. Is this normal? When should I be looking for eggs?

Mine are 21/22 weeks and still no eggs.

 

[zarafa121]

I answered my own question this morning

. Henny, the lighter girl, laid her egg earlier than usual, and it was the lighter brown. Later, I was able to confirm that it was indeed Henny when Red laid hers an hour later, a darker brown, and I was there while she was sitting. If it holds true for the other two, I should have two light eggs and two darker eggs (of course, when all four are laying).

 

[RezChamp]

5 eggs in 7 days I am impressed with my young Australorp at least 1 is the layer. I have 4 more that are 2 weeks younger. Cant wait. But I am worried she doesnt sit on the eggs all day will they hatch? Does she know what to do at this early stage?

Chickens are not like humans. We have been conditioned/brainwashed to fully believe our whining s," You can't have a baby.....You gotta finish your education, ...get a job,.... RRSP's, ......life insurance policies, .....large bankroll, .. You're just a kid... ... .. ... . "

Chickens are much closer to Creator.They do only what Creator initially instructed them to do.
(or if you don't believe in Creator, exchange the word Creator with "evolution".)
Chickens instinctively know. If their bodies aint ready their instinct ain't ready and vise versa.
I think the figures are something like 1 in 4,000,000 chance of Devine Conception(I don't know the scientific word)in chickens.
Yes...... she would know what to do even @ her young age.
But without a rooster I think there is a 4.000.000-1 positive chance you can rest assured there is not much need for worry.
Although Australorps are amazing egg layers they may go broody and stop laying after a full clutch(nest) is achieved, even without a rooster.
So keep picking the eggs. Infertile eggs just rot in the shell if brooded.
In the event you do have rooster and the eggs are fertile, she may lay as many as 15-20 eggs before she goes full broody.
Reason...eggs have a set number of days till hatch...@ a certain temperature. If she laid an egg a day for 20 days that would mean she would have to sit on the nest brooding the other 19 eggs after the first one hatched. The twentieth egg hatch day would mean the first born would've been sitting in the nest with no food or water for a full 19 days. That poor hen would have been sitting on that nest for 41-43 days.

They know what to do.
That all being said there is usually surprises along any road.

I know that this post is quite long, philosophical, maybe even boring and repetitive ...or lots or little in between.
My hope is that someone will be helped by the rantings of this man.
It's raining here today so I ain't outside......

 

[DebCan]

We bought our hens the week before Easter. We figured they wouldn't be laying eggs till sometime in Sept. To our surprise we were wrong. We know one for sure that is laying and has been for about 3 weeks. Each morning I go out and I have 2 eggs waiting for me. Is it possible for one hen to be laying two eggs at a time?? Or I should assume that 2 of them are laying I just haven't seen which one it would be. The color of the eggs are both pretty much the same.

 

[Renee572]

We bought our hens the week before Easter. We figured they wouldn't be laying eggs till sometime in Sept. To our surprise we were wrong. We know one for sure that is laying and has been for about 3 weeks. Each morning I go out and I have 2 eggs waiting for me. Is it possible for one hen to be laying two eggs at a time?? Or I should assume that 2 of them are laying I just haven't seen which one it would be. The color of the eggs are both pretty much the same.

You most likely have at least 2 laying. How many do you have and are they all the same breed?

 

[Double Kindness]

Yay, 3 of my ee's, are laying with 3 more ee's 3 weeks younger than them, a 19 week old rose comb leghorn, and 19 week old polish.

I noticed when my usually shy ee's Josephine and Bessie got way more into food, being talkative, jostling for treats especially greens/dandelions.

Now my leghorn is getting that way and she's normally very skittish and just stands off by herself, or picks on Gertrude. Who then tells her sisters Daisy & Agnes and they go after Nell in a pack. But no bullying. The rooster won't have that, he loves his flock.

 

[DebCan]

We have 3, one is a RIRed, and another that I can't remember what she is but she is very similar to the Red and a Buff Orpington