No eggs yet????

[blacklab]

My 21 week old Lavendar orpingtons and bieldefelders still aren’t laying. Is this unusual? They have their own coop and nesting boxes. However they share two covered runs with our older hens. The older hens sometimes visit the newer ones’ coop and use their nesting boxes. The younger hens are still a bit intimidated by the older hens when it comes to food but otherwise everyone gets along great! Are the littles too scared to go in to their boxes ? If so wouldn’t they just lay in the run??

 

[Briarhopper Ranch]

My 21 week old Lavendar orpingtons and bieldefelders still aren’t laying. Is this unusual? They have their own coop and nesting boxes. However they share two covered runs with our older hens. The older hens sometimes visit the newer ones’ coop and use their nesting boxes. The younger hens are still a bit intimidated by the older hens when it comes to food but otherwise everyone gets along great! Are the littles too scared to go in to their boxes ? If so wouldn’t they just lay in the run??

I can’t speak for the lavender Orpington, but I I do have Bielefelders. Twenty-one weeks to lay an egg would be an exceptionally tender age for such a heavy breed to lay. Bielis are late bloomers in the egg department. Twenty-eight weeks is a reasonable time to lay for a Bielefelder, though others may chime in who have waited even longer.

 

[blacklab]

Thank you so much for that information! I feel better knowing that about the bielis! I will try to be patient!!

 

[thecatumbrella]

Twenty-eight weeks is a reasonable time to lay for a Bielefelder, though others may chime in who have waited even longer.

None myself, but I've heard someone else's took closer to 8 months!

 

[Briarhopper Ranch]

“The waiting is the hardest part.” - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.