When do chickens lay?

[Kat157]

You can also use golf balls to guide them to lay where you want. It's funny, I'll switch up which nesting box I put the golf ball in, and the majority of the eggs are always in that box with the ball. You can also buy fake eggs, but golf balls work the same and they're cheaper. I've also discovered egg shaped rocks (or just round rocks) will also encourage them to lay. Lol. It's funny too because they all like to lay in the same place, so I've walked in on 3 hens in the same box before... they didn't really fit too well. Lol. All my chickens are different breeds, so they all started laying at different times even though they were all roughly 6 weeks old when I got them. They are super sneaky with their eggs! Clever girls.

 

[Criticalicious]

It seems like the first couple eggs are often outside the box - I wonder if it catches them unawares. I have one pullet who goes nuts when an egg is happening, anybody's egg, every day. Even a few days before laying her first egg when I was still in the process of integrating her with the main group, I watched her dash past the "bullies" to run inside their coop to get to the nest boxes, screaming the egg song at the top of her lungs. This summer she's pulled out her breast feathers like she's broody but so far hasn't sat on a nest for any amount of time.

 

[PhilSanchez]

Wow seems like a long time it to lay. I have 2 austrolorps raised from 5 days old now 20 weeks o eggs no sign of even thinking about it now feeding Purina laying pellets

 

[momoftwinsinwi]

I got my first egg at 16 weeks, and they are now 20 weeks, they are not all laying yet, I get about 16 eggs a day avg, and I have 29 hens.....patience grasshopper We look forward to your "Got my first egg!!!!" post.....

 

[scott6150]

I check there coop daily, They like to chill in there run under the coop even if they are free roaming they come back there. I haven't spotted one, unless its buried or something.

Watch if they sneak into some brush. I found a nest in a flower garden with 8 eggs in it! Sneaky!

 

[trumpeting_angel]

I have one pullet who goes nuts when an egg is happening, anybody's egg, every day. Even a few days before laying her first egg when I was still in the process of integrating her with the main group, I watched her dash past the "bullies" to run inside their coop to get to the nest boxes, screaming the egg song at the top of her lungs. This summer she's pulled out her breast feathers like she's broody but so far hasn't sat on a nest for any amount of time.

Drama queen? One in every crowd?