When do hens born in late June begin to lay eggs?

[chickengeorgeto]

I have 4 speckled Sussex hens that are 22 weeks old. I realize that with the shorter days they may not lay soon, but I’m getting impatient. My other SS hens had laid when they were 19 weeks. How much longer do you think it will be? We are at 11 hours of sunlight now. But in Hawai‘i even in June the days aren’t longer than 13 ½ hours of sunlight.

First of all speckled sussexs are a so called "DUAL PURPOSE" breed. This means that they are neither a producer of very many eggs and neither are they a reliable producer of the main ingredient in chicken & dumplings. Cheer up, they should start laying no later than the 20 of March when the hours of daylight and nighttime are about equal.

 

[Clarity1210]

I just found my first egg from my pullets, early June chicks. Cheers!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I have 4 speckled Sussex hens that are 22 weeks old. I realize that with the shorter days they may not lay soon, but I’m getting impatient. My other SS hens had laid when they were 19 weeks. How much longer do you think it will be? We are at 11 hours of sunlight now. But in Hawai‘i even in June the days aren’t longer than 13 ½ hours of sunlight.

Any eggs yet?
If not now, you should have eggs shortly after winter solstice, probably by mid January.
It is true that Sussex are a DP breed but contrary from what was stated a couple posts back, the Sussex breed is very productive and among the most productive DP breeds. Probably RIRs, Dominiques, Australorps, Hamburgs and maybe Redcaps are the only DP breeds that may reliably lay more than Sussex. There are even egg breeds that don't lay as well. No one would expect them to lay as many as a Leghorn, nor should they. But then Leghorns make a very poor table bird while Sussex is a fine all around table bird famous for flavor. Do they have as much meat as a Cornish X? No, but they aren't supposed to.
Let us know when you get eggs.