Over 10 months old, no eggs laid

[BarbaraJean67]

My 10 1/2 month old bantam has not started laying eggs yet. Her 2 "coop mates" started in January. I hope she is female, there hasn't been any crowing.

 

[nuthatched]

Should be soon, just be patient. :]

 

[MamaPoult]

My 10 1/2 month old bantam has not started laying eggs yet. Her 2 "coop mates" started in January. I hope she is female, there hasn't been any crowing.

Try feeding her cooked lentils. They always work to get my birds laying or re-laying.

 

[BarbaraJean67]

My 10 1/2 month old bantam has not started laying eggs yet. Her 2 "coop mates" started in January. I hope she is female, there hasn't been any crowing.

Still waiting....

 

[Happy Chooks]

Some are just slow to mature. Good news is she is definitely a she.

 

[BarbaraJean67]

Some are just slow to mature. Good news is she is definitely a she.

I'm glad she's a she. Even if she never lays an egg, she will have a home with her other feathered friends. I'm just confused as to why some never lay. She's healthy, has a safe place to sleep at night, she eats well and is able to free-range to her heart's content in a large backyard.

 

[klb25]

My 10 1/2 month old bantam has not started laying eggs yet. Her 2 "coop mates" started in January. I hope she is female, there hasn't been any crowing.

Some are just late bloomers.

The last time I had a few like that, I raised my voice and told them to stop being freeloaders or I'd have them for dinner.

They started laying later that day!

 

[BarbaraJean67]

Some are just late bloomers.

The last time I had a few like that, I raised my voice and told them to stop being freeloaders or I'd have them for dinner.

They started laying later that day!

Mine will jump onto my lap when I am sitting in a chair in the backyard. Maybe she thinks she's a cat

 

[Happy Chooks]

I'm glad she's a she. Even if she never lays an egg, she will have a home with her other feathered friends. I'm just confused as to why some never lay. She's healthy, has a safe place to sleep at night, she eats well and is able to free-range to her heart's content in a large backyard.

Could she be hiding them somewhere? They can also be sneaky that way.

15 years of raising chickens and last year I had a hen that figured out how to get into the attic of the coop to lay her eggs. That was a new one!

 

[LaFleche]

You can check her pelvis bones to see if she is laying.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/who-is-laying-and-who-is-not-butt-check.73309/