When do orpington hens start laying

My three BO were 27 and 29 weeks old when they started Apr 11, 39, 54, 1, Utah. Quote: This give me hope. My oldest gal is 28 and half weeks old! Nov 8, 11 Lafayette, Indiana. My BOs started laying around 18 weeks. Quote: Ahh, 18 weeks is a good time.. I'm hoping my other girls start earlier. Post reply. Insert quotes…. Similar threads. Speckled Sussex Egg Laying.

Glimmerofhope Oct 7, Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying. Replies 4 Views Oct 8, Perris. Year old Buff Orpington not laying! Replies 9 Views Jul 19, goodmanfarm. Buff Orpington with irregular eggs. Aug 18, goodmanfarm. When will they lay eggs? Replies 2 Views Jun 24, Lou K. How to know when frizzle silkie starts laying? Stoneymama Oct 22, Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying.

Replies 5 Views Oct 22, Stoneymama. New posts New threads Active threads Latest posts. Most of the egg laying hybrids start laying at 4 to 5 months of age. Hybrid egg layers are bred by crossing two different lines or breeds. They are known for their excellent productivity and high feed conversion ratio.

Most non-hybrids start laying at 5 to 7 months of age. Read the article below for more details:. I have 8 hens all the same age, about 6 months now. I know one of them was suppose to lay white eggs, the Americana green or blue eggs and the rest brown eggs. My questions are why are only 4 of them laying eggs? Should I be worried or do I just need to give them more time?

My Americauna was 6 months end of June, nothing yet. Golden Laced Wyandotte is 8 months, nothing. Some of my heritage breeds took a hot minute to lay. Like whyyyyy am I feeding you?! But once they get going they seem pretty reliable. Hi I am a first time chicken mom and purchased day olds March I have numerous birds and breeds. At 18 weeks to the day my Ameraucana began laying and has only skipped 1 day. I have 3 other ameraucana and 2 Easter eggers pretty much same that have not even been interested in the nesting boxes now at 20 weeks None of my other breeds have either.

Thanks for the article. Two of our Welsummers are 24 weeks old today and no egg laying signs. I hope they hurry up soon or they will be roasted! We have two welsummers and by my records they were some of the last to lay eggs.

The next spring they hit the ground running with some lovely dark eggs. They are also my best foragers and will remove any small snakes or mice they come across. She is the first of the flock of various breeds. Hi, I started 20 chicks of various breeds this May and just got the first egg at 21 weeks! It was one of the brown leghorns.

I have both SC and Rose comb brown leghorns, cookoo marans, whiting true green, whiting true blue, and easter eggers. We are super excited about this!! I purchased my peeps on April 28th and was told they were about four days old. I just got my first egg yesterday and one again this morning! Can you see the subtle differences between a pullet and laying hen? Squatting behavior When your chicken is ready to lay her first egg she will often do a funny little squat when you come up to her.

Being in the Nesting Boxes Another good way to know when your chickens will start laying is to note who suddenly started showing interest in the nesting boxes. Just a crazy, flighty Polish. Plymouth Sussex Easter Eggers Orpingtons though in our case our Oprington was sloooow to lay Australorps Leghorns We would love to hear when your different breeds started egg laying. Share this: Twitter Facebook. Like this: Like Loading My buff Orpington are twenty weeks and so far nothing Loading Always hate the free-loaders.

They will get around to it though. Love when those eggs start rolling in. Thanks for the article Loading Some of them just take forever! I never thought the Svart Hona would start laying! But great snake catchers?