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ericinga said:
Yesterday I got 2 eggs so both SLW are now laying. I have found that EE do not lay during winter. I am hoping some of my other breeds will lay by the end of the month, if they are breeds that lay during winter. I have BC Maran, Isbar, GLW, Speckeled Sussex, English Buff Orp, Silver Penciled Rock. Interested to see who will lay.

These are my SLW eggs. One has been laying a few weeks and has grown and the other is a starter egg.
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ericinga said:
I hatched my EE's in the middle of July. There are 3 of them with the SLW's that hatched the same day. Maybe they are just late starting?
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So you haven't got any eggs from them yet? I'd agree they probably just haven't started laying yet. My EE is from spring of 2014 - so she had been laying for awhile before she stopped at the tail end of her molt in October.
 
JoshFig said:
So you haven't got any eggs from them yet? I'd agree they probably just haven't started laying yet. My EE is from spring of 2014 - so she had been laying for awhile before she stopped at the tail end of her molt in October.
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No eggs from any of the EE yet. Was hoping for a starter egg for a while now but maybe they are waiting on spring? During December I thought I may get one because it was so warm, but nope.
 
ericinga said:
No eggs from any of the EE yet. Was hoping for a starter egg for a while now but maybe they are waiting on spring? During December I thought I may get one because it was so warm, but nope.
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I think they're just too young/haven't started yet. While some will start laying at less than 4 months, not all do. I had some start laying a 18 weeks one time, but this last years chicks I started over with didn't start until 22 weeks.

I haven't had an egg from any of my Ameraucanas since before thanksgiving.
 
ericinga said:
No eggs from any of the EE yet. Was hoping for a starter egg for a while now but maybe they are waiting on spring? During December I thought I may get one because it was so warm, but nope.
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My EEs are my best layers....all the time! But, I have to say, they didn't start laying until they were over 30 weeks old....I think I did have one that started laying at 28 weeks and one that surprised me and started laying about 25 weeks, but all the others were after 30 weeks. I love my EEs!
 
I got my first flock this year. Eight total in May. I have 3 EEs and 5 various breeds. I have been getting 6 brown/white eggs a day since October. Obviously, one EE is laying brown. I wasn't sure if they were all laying or not.
On Christmas I was surprised with TWO green eggs.
The EEs started 2-3 months after the others, but have given me two green eggs daily ever since! Comparable to white leghorn!
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Flowerbh said:
My EEs are my best layers....all the time! But, I have to say, they didn't start laying until they were over 30 weeks old....I think I did have one that started laying at 28 weeks and one that surprised me and started laying about 25 weeks, but all the others were after 30 weeks. I love my EEs!
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Oh wow.. Thanks for the info! Mine are 25 weeks today or at least the older group is. Maybe I will get some soon. My other group is about 23 weeks. Either way there is still hope. Do yours lay during winter? Nevermind. I just noticed you said ALL THE TIME, so that answers that. HA!
 
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PapaChaz said:
I think they're just too young/haven't started yet. While some will start laying at less than 4 months, not all do. I had some start laying a 18 weeks one time, but this last years chicks I started over with didn't start until 22 weeks.

I haven't had an egg from any of my Ameraucanas since before thanksgiving.
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My Ameraucanas are on strike as well.
The first week I had them they laid, nothing since. :(

But on the good side, if my buyer tomorrow shows up, my birds will have paid for their own feed for the first time :)
 

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