When do light brahmas start laying?

[gritsar]

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The description of the egg sounds about right for a brahma. I don't have the documentation to back it up, but I firmly believe that the age when a brahma (and many other breeds) start laying has alot to do with whether they are hatchery quality or show/breeder quality.
I currently have 14 LF brahmas, 13 hens and a roo. My lights and buffs are definitely hatchery quality, both in looks and body type. My darks also came from a hatchery, but they are very close to show quality and in fact some are show quality. My lights and buffs started laying around 5 to 6 months. My darks however were the last to start laying; closer to 7 to 8 months and two didn't start laying until they were 9 1/2 months old.

 

[Pa chicken man]

I also have 4 light brahmas and its been 16 weeks and i already have 2 laying but 1 lays really big eggs and the other lays really small eggs at least twice as small is this normal

 

[Pa chicken man]

All my light brahms chicken combs are deep red but i get really big eggs and really tiny eggs is this normal because the is there first couple eggs

oh and there about 18 weeks thanks

 

[RaeRae2]

I have one Light and one Dark pullet. Both 21 weeks and 3 days old. Neither of them show ANY signs of reddening faces, squatting, or singing. They are very immature compared to the other breeds that I have. Of all the breeds I have, only one EE and my Dark Cornish are laying any eggs. They started at exactly 20 weeks. Nobody else is doing anything yet.

 

[jreynolds]

I have 3 LBs. They are about 15 weeks now I think (kinda lost track...). Their faces are just starting to darken up, but their combs & wattles haven't really grown much at all. They are hatchery birds. Hopefully they will start laying before too long...

 

[grapey56789]

My Light Brahma is 25 weeks old and she still havn't layed an egg.


Is there something wrong with her?
But she dosen't have such a red crow??????

 

[mimi62]

What does everyone mean when they observe squatting behavior just before a hen enters into the laying cycle of her life and how do you encourage her to lay in her nesting box as opposed to under a bush in the back yard?

 

[rides2far]

When they get ready to lay, they start to hunker down ( squat ) when you start to pet them. This signals readiness to a rooster. Some of mine squat/hunker down when I walk in. Mine use the boxes because I can't free range

. I've read you should leave them cooped so they will use the boxes. Your roosts also need to be higher than your nesting boxes.

 

[mimi62]

Thanks!

 

[sherman7]

I had a problem with them laying on the ground so i placed the eggs they laid in the nesting boxes they started laying in them as soon as i did that