maturity

  1. S

    3 chickens not laying 30 weeks old

    None of my three chickens have started laying and they are thirty weeks old. All different breeds (black australorp, buff brahman, Easter egger). Have looked all over the yard and don’t see any evidence of them laying elsewhere or eating their own eggs. Is this strange? The lady at the farm...
  2. TopazMaster91

    OEGB - broodiness, personality, egg-laying, maturity?

    I have (among other bantams and LF) a self-blue OEGB girl who is roughly 15 weeks old, and after scouring these forums for information, I've finally given in and created this thread specifically to ask OEGB keepers for some information: Roughly when do the pullets mature and start laying eggs...
  3. A

    Feeding mixed maturity chickens

    Hi! We have 4 chickens and one of them just started laying almost 2 weeks ago (yay!). All 4 chickens are 17 weeks old right now. Right after we got our first egg, she laid 2 more normal eggs, then 3 shell-less eggs. I switched completely to layer food and offered crushed oyster shell after the...
  4. J

    Age of sexual maturity of roosters

    I have a batch of leghorns that I hatched this spring. I ended up selling my hens to locals and got rid of most of my rooster chicks. I kept two to replace the older roosters in my flock. They are 14 weeks now. I put them together with my flock about a week ago. From what I noticed one of the...
  5. M

    Does anybody know if Ameracuana chicks mature faster than Orpington's?

    We started raising our Blue and Silver Orpington chicks last June and they turned into beautiful sweet ladies who are laying regularly for us. About 4 weeks ago we brought home some newly hatched Ameracuanas. They are so far super sweet and inquisitive if just a bit timid. But it seems to us...
  6. IamRainey

    When will they lay?

    My girls are only 13 weeks old but I've noticed that they now sound more like chickens than doggie squeeze toys. And one of them -- who used to be the smallest of my tiny flock of 3 -- is growing rapidly now with a more prominent comb that's beginning to take on color. Still, I understand that...
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