My 22 week old chickens and the order I predicted they should start laying:
2 white leghorns,
1 production red,
2 barred rocks,
3 easter eggers,
2 barnevelders
I received our first egg from one of the barred rocks last Saturday (6 days ago) and have been receiving an egg from her every day since. Today, we watched one of our EEs lay her first egg and today we received 2 eggs (1 light brown and 1 light green). I was shocked because I didn't think EEs started laying this early. And what about those leghorns - shouldn't they be laying already? Shouldn't they have beat the EE?
Also, she didn't make a sound. It took her forever to find her spot and about 40 minutes of sitting and turning in the nestbox, but she never made a sound. I thought there would be an "egg song"!
Here's a photo of the laying EE (taken 2 1/2 weeks ago):
She is a lot heavier than the other two and she has a totally different type of comb than the other two also - she has a 3 row pea comb. She's the one I always thought would turn out to be a rooster. Anybody else have one like this?
Edited to add these pictures taken today - Her comb has changed from the photo taken 2 weeks ago.
Here she is with one of the non-laying leghorns (also taken today):
2 white leghorns,
1 production red,
2 barred rocks,
3 easter eggers,
2 barnevelders
I received our first egg from one of the barred rocks last Saturday (6 days ago) and have been receiving an egg from her every day since. Today, we watched one of our EEs lay her first egg and today we received 2 eggs (1 light brown and 1 light green). I was shocked because I didn't think EEs started laying this early. And what about those leghorns - shouldn't they be laying already? Shouldn't they have beat the EE?
Also, she didn't make a sound. It took her forever to find her spot and about 40 minutes of sitting and turning in the nestbox, but she never made a sound. I thought there would be an "egg song"!
Here's a photo of the laying EE (taken 2 1/2 weeks ago):
She is a lot heavier than the other two and she has a totally different type of comb than the other two also - she has a 3 row pea comb. She's the one I always thought would turn out to be a rooster. Anybody else have one like this?
Edited to add these pictures taken today - Her comb has changed from the photo taken 2 weeks ago.
Here she is with one of the non-laying leghorns (also taken today):
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