My chickens have FINALLY started laying..PIC's INCL...

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

Well my Wyandotte, Barred rock and either my Buff Brahma or Salmon Faverolle have started laying today at 23 weeks and 5 days old

Today I got FOUR eggs out of the 11 girls I have. The huge one is from Olivia (My barred rock hen) They are the four eggs in the front. The fourth one I didn't mention was from my sex link hen who started laying at 20 weeks

She has laid an egg a day except for one day ever since.

 

[Wynette]

Sigh..."finally" after only 23 weeks? LUCK-E-DUCK!!! I have a couple 29-week old juvies that haven't even begun to pink up. I think they've decided not to start until the spring....sigh.....

Pretty eggs!

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

Oh man I would be going nuts if mine were 29 weeks and not laying. I sure hope you get some eggs SOON. What type of chickens do you have that you are waiting on? I will make sure I don't get those!

 

[ebonykawai]

Meh, I beat ya there. Mine are 31 weeks and some are JUST starting to get a little bit red. I only have 2 laying out of 10.

 

[Sequin]

Very pretty eggs!!! They are really quite lovely.

I have given up on who might be laying and who isn't. I have a couple guesses that I have Maybe 3 of the 5 laying, but we are still only getting a couple eggs a day. Sometimes we don't get any for a day!! So, I figure, they are healthy and we do get something daily from them and that is fine with us for now. Especially being that winter and darker shorter days are here. I have to make space now for a brooder in our laundry room so we can raise the chicks for spring laying. Yay.

 

[abelseville]

Can someone tell me what "just pinking up" and "just starting to get red mean??. By the way I have 10 black copper marans that have just started laying at 29 weeks. Its maddening!

 

[ebonykawai]

Their combs and wattles will grow bigger and get red. Too young to lay = tiny combs and wattles that are very light pink.