Our first egg, and, how long do Ameraucanas take to start laying?

[Patfish]

I have an EE and 2 RIR's in my flock.The EE is 26 weeks old for sure and the Reds are no more than 5 weeks younger than her. I check like 10 times a day for eggs to no avail. I don't know how much longer I can wait. I saw that this thread seems to be the lucky charm so I am giving it a try. Living in CT we only are getting 9.5 hours of sun a day now so I have supplemented their lighting to get them 16 hours a day. If there are any tricks out there I will try.

 

[kwestley]

I have an EE and 2 RIR's in my flock.The EE is 26 weeks old for sure and the Reds are no more than 5 weeks younger than her. I check like 10 times a day for eggs to no avail. I don't know how much longer I can wait. I saw that this thread seems to be the lucky charm so I am giving it a try. Living in CT we only are getting 9.5 hours of sun a day now so I have supplemented their lighting to get them 16 hours a day. If there are any tricks out there I will try.

My EE just started to lay last week!! She was 29 weeks old!!

 

[Patfish]

Since my last post My RIR's started laying about a week and a half ago. I have been getting 2 eggs a day mostly this week. Today my EEer finally laid her first egg, she is 27 weeks 1 day old. I am not sure exactly the age of the reds but I would put them at 20 weeks when they started laying. Attached is a picture of my of my EE egg and 4 RIR eggs. The EE egg is alot bigger than the rest.

 

[Patfish]