Does any one have pearl white leghorns or rhode island reds and can give me an estimate of how many weeks until they lay? for these specific breeeds. They are not enduring freezing temps. dont know if that hampers growth...
My RIR's started laying anywhere from 24 to 30 weeks. I think it varies by each bird. Are you supplimenting daylight hours so they get 14 hour od daylight ? I know some people do and some don't. My hens have slowed down some but it has been below zero for over a week now. I guess I would expect that.
Mine started laying at exactly 24 weeks. I have RIR, Leghorns, Black links, and EE. They were all laying within 3 weeks of that first egg.
I have leghorns just starting to lay now. The first egg came in the 19th week. The second in the 20th week. I just started getting a third and tomorrow will mark the 21st week start.
My white leghorn began laying around 20 weeks. One thing to take notice... just before mine started laying her comb grew rapidly. The next thing I knew, my roosters were mating her and then a few days after that, there was her first egg. I have two 21 week old brown leghorns which just got their combs so I'm expecting any day now.
It depends where you got them. Hatchery birds usually lay a lot earlier than breeder birds. I have some 39 week old RIR pullets that JUST started laying.
