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UPDATE! Now that we are past the winter solstice, and we are gradually getting more daylight where I am (NE Georgia) my girls are finally back to NOT being freeloaders! Before the cold weather hit in late Nov/Dec. I had probably only 4 of my 7 hens laying regularly. After keeping an eye on...

@Wainbowmudd Nothing like a little chicken shaming to get them motivated! :lau

All of my girls squat, check out the nesting boxes and it sounds like a chicken opera when any one of the girls lays - the JG and Polish both tend to be somewhat chatty as well so I am thinking that maybe...any day now...lol. I get 4 eggs consistently every day, and 5 some days, so I am in no...

So an update - 5 of my 7 girls are laying now. Two GLW, the Australorp and the two hamburgs, though one of the hamburgs is laying sporadically, every few days for the last week or two. They are all almost 8 months old at this point. The Jersey Giant doesn't appear to be laying, but I have...

@aart Thanks for the guidance :) I generally only let them out in the yard to free range for an hour or two a day and they are pretty well supervised - we only have an acre lot, and they are generally confined to the fenced back yard area. We have fake eggs in the nesting boxes of the coop...

@oldhenlikesdogs No, I switched to primarily layer feed a while back (at about 20-ish weeks) in anticipation of them starting to lay, but they were still getting some of my left over starter/grower that was mixed in. I just bought some all-flock (because I have two Cockerels and offer oyster...

I posted a week or so ago that I got my first eggs! I was very excited - I now have 3 of my 7 pullets laying daily. They are all almost 7 mo old at this point. My obvious question.....how much longer before the rest start laying? Here's who's laying and who's not (breed wise) Currently...