Rhode Island Reds

[Jedstar]

Does any one on here roughly know what age RIR start laying eggs.

 

[featheredplanets]

Probably from 5 months onwards, like most chickens. You may get a few early starters if they’re spring layers

 

[GC-Raptor]

I've never had any RIR, but from the posts I've read over the years. Most hatchery RIR start to lay between 18 to 21 weeks for early spring chicks. GC

 

[Ridgerunner]

There is no set age. Time of year and how you feed and manage them could play a part. Heredity can factor in. Strain is probably a bigger part of that than breed. If the person selecting which get to breed uses early egg laying as a criteria then most will probably start pretty early. If it is not a criteria then they may start later. If they are breeding them for show, early laying is probably not a criteria. I don't know where you are getting them in Australia, you might be able to chat with the source and see what they say.

You have to have enough for averages to mean something. I don't know how many you are getting. Some start laying earlier than others. If you only have one or two, which one did you get, an early or late starter?

If I got 10 hatchery RIR pullets here in the States, I'd expect one or two to be laying by 20 weeks. I'd expect half of them to be laying around week 23 or 24. I'd expect practically all of them to be laying by 7 months, maybe a week or two earlier. But I would not be shocked if one waited for 9 months to start.

If I had a hundred hatchery RIR pullets here in the States I'd be a lot more confident in these proportions. If I got them from an individual breeder I would not know what to expect.

 

[Whigru]

The RIR I had last year started at around 19 weeks.

 

[Jedstar]

All good they are laying eggs now. But I have a question if anyone on here would know.baby pure black australorp chicks. Are they sexed linked or not. Some hatch out with black but with a little more white patches on their markings. And some with less markings. I'm thinking the ones with more of the white markings on them with the black might possibly be boys. But I'll wait and see if they are. They hatched out 2 days ago under my blue australorp.i put the black hens under her to hatch them