That is the million dollars question you can start pairing in november and have eggs in february just like you can start pairing in november and have egg in october.

What YOU need to do is know your animal, pay attention to the female's behavior and the signs that you will see along the way, the only REAL timeline is once a female ovulates, there is not timeline before that.

Usually ovy to prelay is about 14 days, pre-lay to egg laying is about 27 to 35 days it can be more this is an average.