When do Easter Eggers start laying?

[duckie mama]

i got mine as eggs (1 dozen) put them under a broody silky and got 5 to hatch, 4 pullets (2 gold 2 gold laced browns and 1 non bearded gold rooster) 1gold lays green, 1gold lays pinky brown, 2 gold laced browns lay 0 eggs) they are 6 months old today, hopefully come spring all 4 will lay.

 

[wastintime202]

I have three hatched May 20 that I got from local breeder. One has layed one precious tiny green egg a week ago, and that is it. I don't know why she hasn't laid again. Still waiting on the other two although they are both red faced and seem to be checking out the nest pretty regular. I know it will be worth the wait when they are laying regular but it sure has seemed like a couple of years wait instead of months..lol ..gl to all eagerly waiting.

 

[Malissa]

My birds are 26 weeks. My 2 Barred Rocks started laying 2 weeks apart in the last 5 weeks or so. My 2 EE's have not layed nor my Welsummer. The Roo we have (mistake as we wanted 2 Welsummer females and got 1 of each) has been seen mating with the EE's so I was hoping he knew something we didn't....but now I'm starting to think he's just a typical male. hahaha We've gotten some weird days with soft shell eggs...one day 2 of those plus one good egg. They are all the same light beige, so I'm thinking they were all from the BR's. I would think a soft shell coming from an EE would be blue/green? Is there any chance the EE's would lay normal beige eggs? One of my BR's lays every day. The other will lay everyday for a few days, then skip 2 and then I'll find the soft eggs under the roost and then it will get back on track. I know they are young, so not getting too worried. But, I can sympathize! We totally are waiting for our non-traditional eggs!!! Can't wait for the day we check the box and find them! I also started putting LED solar party lights in their coop. Usually, they don't stay lit all night, but afew mornings I noticed this set still glowing before the sun came up. WHooops....does too much light affect them? These things aren't real bright, so I'm hoping it is enough light to help!

 

[Malissa]

GUESS WHAT I GOT TODAY!!!! Our first green egg!!!! Now we have 3 layers! 2 BR's and 1 EE!!!! The EE is now 27 weeks. We still have 1 EE and 1 Welsummer to go!

 

[wastintime202]

I have three ..one laid her first egg at 24 wks, but she hasn't laid again, the second one laid at 25 wks and she has laid 2 this week, and the third one is nowhere ready yet.

 

[chickenwalker]

Malissa, congratulations and wonderful EE egg. One of my three EE consistently lays our largest egg of my 9 hens.

 

[Feanor]

Congrats to you all, and now I can finally congrat myself... Got my first EE ever!!!! She checked out the box for two days before laying her first at 24 Weeks 5 days and another the very next day (today) so I'm amped for a week of sky blue eggs until her sisters start laying! SOOOOO EGGCITED!!!!!! IT FINALLY HAPPENED!!!!

 

[bruceha2000]

My two (from Ideal Poultry) are 22 weeks and not yet laying. They don't have a lot of red in their combs and squat? No, they still run when I try to touch them. So, not counting any EE eggs before they are laid.

My Faverolles (well, at least one, can't really tell) started at 20 1/2 weeks with one egg on a Friday, then waited 3 days, then another 4 days. The Anconas started the past Monday, one day shy of 22 weeks. So far this week, 1 Sunday, 2 Monday, 3 Tuesday, 2 Wednesday. Today? Don't know yet.

Bruce

 

[mstricer]

Your EE's should lay within 4-6 weeks

 

[Coop de Grille]

I have several EE's that I hatched on March 21st, and two of them just started laying last week. I have so many chickens that I didn't know which ones were laying and which ones were not. I thought they all were because I am getting a lot of darker Marans colored eggs. They are a cross between a pure Ameraucana and Wheaten Marans. This pic shows the two different speckled green eggs:




You can see the Olive green eggs, those are what I was getting before the blue speckled eggs started showing up last week.