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When are my new girls going to lay eggs,bought them as point of  lay in around Ocy/Nov time and blosson in 3rd Aug last year and there is nothing yet :)
Pauline

My white leghorn has just started laying and she would of been ready in Nov/Dec. I was thinking Spring so i'm happy she has started, little eggs so I hope they get bigger. Yours should be anytime now but look at today its so dark for during the day.

There's so many things that can affect egg-laying.  Sometimes a sudden hot/cold/dry/wet spell can interrupt the laying.
At this time of year its the day length - with luck they will start laying as the days start getting longer/lighter.

With older birds, a moult can stop them laying for several weeks too.

I always take the view that a bird contains a set amount of eggs and they will all come out eventually - just keep looking after them.

hope so, i got 5 eggs today with 18 girls i more then yesterday but then i only got 2 the other day keeps going up and down but i havent had anymore then 6 the last 2 months apart from one day a while back i had about 9 eggs but that seems a long tine away . I now my oldest one is laying because she was in nest box and the silver coloured on as well the 2 that kept going in new girls boxes haven layed in those ones all week
Pauline

I am getting around 10 daily from 12 hens. One breed started 4 weeks later than I had anticipated, the other was about 7 weeks late.

Point of lay does not neccessarily mean they will lay the day you take them home. Mine moulted just at the point of lay so it delayed them slightly. Cold, wet  weather can also delay laying by up to a month!

Quote from: Rosyred on January 10, 2008, 12:52:10
My white leghorn has just started laying and she would of been ready in Nov/Dec. I was thinking Spring so I'm happy she has started, little eggs so I hope they get bigger. Yours should be anytime now but look at today its so dark for during the day.

The white leghorn hen lays almost daily for 5 years or more, an average of 280-300 LARGE eggs per hen per annum. At the moment my 6 white leghorns are laying one each daily, without fail. They were born in April but did not start to lay until 24 weeks. Most books etc. state the average hen starts laying at approximately 20 weeks but some can be as late as 28 weeks. My BlackRocks were this late.

Thankyou all for replying,
what colour eggs are white leghorns and black rock please most of my girls are hybrids apart from the six new ones i think they are whynots or something like that or Brahma's but not to sure i forgot as soon as i got them home,, plus i have one cream legbar she is very funny , i have nicknamed her roadrunner as she runs so fast she has a bent toe going the wrong way. i haven't put them all together yet as i thought that i will not now if they'd started laying if i do
Pauline

Quote from: paulinems on January 11, 2008, 09:14:29
Thankyou all for replying,
what colour eggs are white leghorns and black rock please........ i haven't put them all together yet as i thought that i will not now if they'd started laying if i do

White eggs from the leghorns and brown eggs from the blackrocks. Hens eggs will continue to get larger until the hen reaches the age of 30 weeks. Whatever size the eggs are at this time is the size they will remain.

If your hens start laying, then you put them together with the others - it could upset the balance a little and stop them laying again for another few days. When mixing hens they will always squabble for a day or two to regain the title of top dog... (top hen ;D)

Think i will get some of them sounds like there good hens,most of mine are hybrids and i thought that i would go for the others that's why i got the other ones they can all see each other ,think i will open there gate so they can mix  with others  only problem with new girls the 4 big ones will not sit on perch they are only sitting on floor bit concerned now if they will go in nest box, anyone now were i can get some of the black rock and white leghorns i am near Norwich what kind of price would you pay for them
Pauline :)

You may find an address here:
http://www.yell.com/ucs/UcsSearchAction.do?scrambleSeed=94246272&keywords=poultry&companyName=&location=NORWICH&searchType=advance&broaderLocation=&clarifyIndex=6&ssm=0&ooa=&M=0&rad=&lCOption32=Poultry+%26+Game+Farmers+%26+Suppliers%3APoultry+Wholesalers


Prices for these hens are on this thread, (The price may of gone up due to the recent increases in poultry food prices.):
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,37868.msg377214.html#msg377214

Quote from: paulinems on January 11, 2008, 16:49:10
Think i will get some of them sounds like there good hens,most of mine are hybrids .....anyone now were i can get some of the black rock and white leghorns i am near Norwich what kind of price would you pay for them

The price guide is in my previous post. This is all the information on BlackRock hens. The link at the bottom of the website gives details of the only suppliers in the country.

http://www.blackrockhens.co.uk/

Thanks for all of that its very helpfull and there is on not to far away
Pauline

I bought 6 point of lay, Black Rock Pullets in mid September 2006. They have not stopped laying yet! They moulted late 2007 but kept laying thro out, never less than 2 aday. I am now picking between 2 and 5 a day. I would highly recommend them to anyone.

                                       Regards Bombus.

sounds like i should have got them instead of my bramers if that is what they are i completly forgot what the chap said when i bought the last lot all i now is one is a cream legbar
Pauline

got 6 new girls today and they have settled in well with last lot we bought even got an egg from one of them it was on the floor but she was sitting in nest box before we found it,perhaps they will teach other girls to lay,we got the black rock ones they look a bit like other ones that we first had
thanks for everyones help on what to get think these will be fine :)
Pauline

Let us know how you get on over the next month or so with eggs from your blackrocks ;)

well so far
had 1 day we brought them home another one yesterday and 3 today and still nothing from the girls we got in october time other girls have started laying more had 6 off them today so things are looking up
Pauline