Questions about egg laying

[MarcieDM]

I have 2 RIR and 6 gold comets. Most of them have started laying but I have never gotten 8 eggs yet. I get between 6-7 a day. I know for a fact that both of the RIRs are laying. Not sure which of the gold comets aren't. Is it possible for a chicken to not have any eggs or is one of them just slow to lay?

 

[Papagena]

How old are your hens?

Could be slow to lay, could be that new layers can be irregular. I have five 24-week-old hens. Four are laying; three every day, one every other day and one not at all yet. The only reason I know which one isn't laying is that they are all different breeds and I'm going by egg color.

 

[MarcieDM]

The gold comets are 6 months old. I just wanted to make sure this is normal. Thanks!

 

[Papagena]

It's absolutely normal. It takes new layers awhile to get on a regular cycle. And some chickens take longer than others to get started

 

[crews28]

I have some silkie bantams really feathery on feet i have around 6 hens and 3 or 4 roosters.
There about 1 year and 4 months or so and im not getting tons of eggs like i thought chickens lay 1 egg a day for each hen.
Same goes for my Americana black chickens. I feed Cracked corn barley oats wheat to them and i just started today to let them free-range.

 

[Papagena]

Chickens lay on a cycle. Most lay around 5 eggs a week. Also, cracked corn should not account for more than 10% of their diet, so they may not be getting enough nutrition

 

[crews28]

What about there Wheat Barley oats how much would that pertain to there diet? I was thinking of getting soybeans a well