For backyard chickens, the number 18 means the same thing. Eighteen weeks is the age when most egg-laying breeds are considered adults. Most excitingly, it’s the time when many breeds will lay their ...

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Up until 20 weeks, chicks are considered to be in the grower/starter stage. Once they start laying, or at 20 weeks (this usually coincides) they graduate to the layer stage. Chickens generally stay in ...