New Hens Laying!

[TheChiggens]

These new hens from this spring just started laying!
It's surprising usually young chickens start laying after winter. They started before! Fastermatruing breeds I guess. Deleware, Astrolorp, Dominque.

But now we have a sudden surplus of eggs! Small but many!

 

[ValerieJ]

 

[DobieLover]

These new hens from this spring just started laying!
It's surprising usually young chickens start laying after winter. They started before! Fastermatruing breeds I guess. Deleware, Astrolorp, Dominque. View attachment 1956786 View attachment 1956787

But now we have a sudden surplus of eggs! Small but many!

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It's actually quite common for early spring pullets to lay through their first winter. That is why folks rotate out some older hens to bring in new pullets each spring for a winter egg supply.

 

[HeatherKellyB]

Congratulations! That's so exciting! My girls were hatched out mid summer, so I might not be as lucky as you with eggs. Best wishes with eggs all winter

 

[ValerieJ]

It's actually quite common for early spring pullets to lay through their first winter. That is why folks rotate out some older hens to bring in new pullets each spring for a winter egg supply.

This has always been my plan...but I'm not so good about the rotating out part.

 

[TwoShepherds]

Congratulations! It is so exciting when they start laying! Some of my pullets, hatched in May, have started laying. My dominiques were the first to start, I believe.

 

[TheChiggens]

And one of my older Buff Orpington hens started laying again too! I guess she was inspired by the young one. Because normally she stops laying a month ago due to the change in daylight. Along with the other old hens.