My first egg but who layed it?

[CrazyChicken Lady]

Or you could just research it and see that 4 month old chickens can and fo lay eggs.

No, really. I'm done. Unwatching this frustrating thread....

Sooo aggravating!

 

[Boccom]

ok well then maybe some breeds lay early some late lets agree on this then

 

[CrazyChicken Lady]

Okay chickens can lay at four months, we all know that. The breeds listed in the first post cannot lay at six months and they are actually quite late layers.

OK yeah so it’s possible, just not for those breeds. So I really don’t know what’s going on......probably just a bird trying to make a nest and one of your Pullets scared it away

 

[Ihavesomechickens]

ok well then maybe some breeds lay early some late lets agree on this then

Yes. Mostly brown layers start early. The breeds suspected of laying in the original post are later layers. Silkies start at around 7-9 months, normally later, and Blue/Green layers start at around 6 1/2 months at the earliest.

 

[CrazyChicken Lady]

Yes. Mostly brown layers start early. The breeds suspected of laying in the original post are later layers. Silkies start at around 7-9 months, normally later, and Blue/Green layers start at around 6 1/2 months at the earliest.

Finally!

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Well maybe a local breed of bird layed in your nest box? I constantly have birds in my coop because of the food. its very possible a bird tried to build a nest in your coop, its just not possible for a pullet to lay a 4 months

It is VERY possible.

 

[Baumshell28]

I don’t know what to say. It is physically impossible for a chicken to lay an egg at four months. I mean maybe towards five months they might lay but 14 1/2 weeks is the absolute minimum age for the earliest laying breeds.

How many weeks do you think 4 months equals out to?

 

[Ihavesomechickens]

How many weeks do you think 4 months equals out to?

I know, but the breeds mentioned aren’t early layers.

 

[Boccom]

I have only had a one chicken lay at 5 and it was a white layer so that makes sense

Yes. Mostly brown layers start early. The breeds suspected of laying in the original post are later layers. Silkies start at around 7-9 months, normally later, and Blue/Green layers start at around 6 1/2 months at the earliest.

 

[CrazyChicken Lady]

I know, but the breeds mentioned aren’t early layers.

All those breeds lay very late