your earliest egg layers?

[magicpigeon]

Black Australorp, 18 weeks

 

[Rachel'sFlock]

cmom, you have a glorious operation and a gorgeous flock...

sooo jealous...but sooo happy for you!!!

 

[roocrazy]

i was in shock to find in egg in her teenager brooder!!!! i know for sure it was hers too!!

 

[roocrazy]

and sorry i do not have a picture of that hen anymore... but she was quite the bird one of the five survivors out of 35 birds due to cocidiosus. early layer. dog chaser. lap cuddler. i miss her.

 

[rsarns]

17 weeks on most of mine and still waiting. others are 13 weeks.... The 17 week old pullets are looking like they are almost ready.

 

[CarolJ]

22 weeks, 6 days. LOL! Mine are slow. At almost 26 weeks, I still have 3 that haven't started laying yet.

 

[jengro65]

My white leghorns started at 16 weeks.

 

[SassyKat6181]

I have a mix of RIR and some kind of Red from TSC and 2 started laying at 17 weeks.

 

[Raen]

RIR at 19 weeks, Australorp a few days later.

 

[Lil'ChickFarm]

Two almost five months bantam wyandott silver laced. I got them a month ago. I haven't seen an egg yet.
Two mixed RIR/EE, are about three months old. Not yet.
I did see that they are making circles in their shavings in the coop. I was wondering if that was some nesting behavior.
The end piece that is going on the coop and has the laying boxes, is still in the works. Maybe that is why. No nest boxes yet.
Hubby is insulating that whole box and it is big enough for them all to get in and out of wind, rain and snow and cold. It will have a roost in it and three nesting boxes for our current four hens, lol.