Official BYC Poll: When Did Your Hen/s Begin Laying Eggs?

[BigBlueHen53]

I have a Midnight (or maybe it's Mystic) Marans that started laying at 14 weeks. I was not expecting that! She's a REALLY good layer. One time I kept track, and she layed an egg 53 days in a row before she took a one day break and then started again.

I'll take one of those!

 

[DottieGirl]

I have one out of eight Chochin Bantam hens hat started last week at about 20 weeks but the other hens haven't started laying yet. Normal????

 

[chicken-tender]

I have 5 Bielefelder pullets. The first started at between 23 and 24 weeks old. The other 4 have not started yet. Only the first one's comb and waddles have darkened to red so far. They are 24 weeks old today.

 

[OzarkCountryGirl]

I have one out of eight Chochin Bantam hens hat started last week at about 20 weeks but the other hens haven't started laying yet. Normal????

She's a super achiever .
Mine typically start laying around 25 weeks, give or take a week or two.

 

[DottieGirl]

She's a super achiever .
Mine typically start laying around 25 weeks, give or take a week or two.

I have 3 Bantam laying now

 

[GodLovesU]

I have no idea

 

[Duchess of Quah]

We have a small, mixed flock and just added new chickens in June. Of the new girls, this is the approximate order in which they began laying in December:

Australorp: 25 weeks
Speckled Sussex: 25 weeks
Bielefelder: 26 weeks
Buttercup: 26 weeks
Silver Grey Dorking: 27 weeks
Silver Grey Leghorn: 28 weeks

They are such pleasant, healthy birds, and we truly weren't expecting first eggs until later, due to the reduced daylight. Well done, Murray McMurray!

 

[BDutch]

My 2 youngest pullets started to lay around 22 weeks old. They are both bantam Amrocks.

FYI
The big Amrocks are originally from the US, and related to the Plymouth Rock. The Amrock is bred from the same lineage as the Plymouth Rock. Where the Plymouth Rock was quickly bred as a show breed, the Amrock remained a utility breed.

Amrock Bantams originate from Germany.
It is a very calm and trusting breed.
The color is striped, and lays about 200 eggs per year, the weight of the egg is about 40 grams and the color of the egg is brown/yellow.

As a utility breed it belongs to the laying breeds and meat breeds.
The Amrock Bantam has a single comb.
The weight of the rooster is about 1000 grams and of the hen 900 gr.