Question for Chicken Breed Experts..!!!

[paulandashia]

I would like to know, at approximately what age the following Breeds start Laying:

- White Leghorns
- Brown Leghorns
- Black Australorps
- Rhode Island Reds
- Delawares
- Easter Eggers
- Partrige Penedesencas
- Wheaton Penedesencas
- Cinnamon Queens
- Black Copper Marans

Thanks guys!

 

[lauralou]

Well that's a hard question! So many factors come into play.

I would expect that the White Leghorns and Cinnamon Queens would start early since they are bred for production. Assumedly. Maybe the Rhode Island Reds, too. I guess it would depend on whether they were production reds or heritage reds. By early I mean 16 to 20 weeks, or thereabouts.

The only breeds I have from your list are Easter Eggers, and I only have 2 of them. One started laying at around 20 weeks and the other at about 24 weeks. That's a considerable spread, but they are mixed breed birds really, so...