Yongest hen that you have seen lay the first egg?

[wisdom_seeker]

I have 25 red sex links and one started laying at 15 weeks 5 days!!!

3 more followed the next day!

This got me thinking what is the BYC record for youngest hen to start laying?

What breed was it?

 

[Chicken Woman]

:cdOne of my RIR started around 17 weeks.

 

[HennysMom]

mine were the same - 15 weeks

 

[mikeksfarmer]

That beats me my cinnamon Queens laid at 4.5 months old. I love them they are my nicest girls. I understand that their X is simmilar to the sex link. Do Sex links lay brown eggs?

 

[wisdom_seeker]

The red sex links do lay brown eggs.
My older hens lay 1 per day, early every morning!

 

[setter4]

Golden Comet started the day she turned 16 weeks and the other 3 started later that same week.

 

[Pullet Pimp]

I can tell now that this thread is gonna cause tension in my coop. Wait until I get home and show the girls this on the laptop. Such slackers.

Going on 21 weeks now with 19 girls = no eggs

joebryant isnt gonna like it either.

 

[ams3651]

I have an EE that was 16 weeks If I remember correctly

 

[Sylvie]

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Hey!! 21 week old girls here without eggs, too. Is it something about Northern Ohio or what?!?

 

[tucky]

The girls arrived at the post office June 20th, got the first egg October 23rd! They are now nearing 50% production.