When will they start to lay??

[FRlEDeggs]

When will they start to lay eggs?
I've got a cuckoo marans, australorp, and buff orpington that I think are either 11 or 13 weeks old!
I'm so impatient

 

[buckabucka]

Sometime between 18 weeks and 1 year old!

The waiting is difficult. We're at 16 weeks here.

Robin

 

[dragonlair]

I've got a ways to go, we're at 11 weeks. Except for the 3 Polish and the 1 Leghorn, I haven't a clue what breeds mine are. I think some are EE's. I have one tiny one who looks like a Bantam EE. The rest? Clueless. I need t get some pics and post them.

 

[Illia]

1 year. . . Pssh. Don' t listen to that. Any standard breed, especially from a hatchery/feedstore, should begin laying at 21-24 weeks of age.

 

[FRlEDeggs]

That's still far away!

Hasn't there been a chicken that started to lay at, like, 16 weeks??
I can't wait! heehee

 

[Fergie]

We had a golden sex link that started laying at 4 months to the day. And she laid daily for about a year and a half. The others started laying closer to six months, I believe...