Anyway to encourage this hen to lay?

[duckncover]

She is a frizzle cochin bantam chicken.She was born August 31st. Her sister at my friends farm just started laying. She however is an indoor chicken. She gets a lot of light since the lights are on after it gets dark for a while. She just started getting layer pellets. Before that she was eating duck grower which was all I had. She gets vegetables and fruits almost daily. And she also gets treats like cracked corn or meal worms. I just recently gave her a nest box. I haven't been giving her oyster shells because they are expensive where I go. For calcium I can give her egg shells or I have some cuttlebone powder. She isn't in an incredibly large cage but she can roost and scratch at the ground just fine. I know her breed of chicken doesn't lay often but I just want to get my first egg, haha. Is there anything else I can do to encourage her to lay?

 

[Patsonline]

She is a frizzle cochin bantam chicken.She was born August 31st. Her sister at my friends farm just started laying. She however is an indoor chicken. She gets a lot of light since the lights are on after it gets dark for a while. She just started getting layer pellets. Before that she was eating duck grower which was all I had. She gets vegetables and fruits almost daily. And she also gets treats like cracked corn or meal worms. I just recently gave her a nest box. I haven't been giving her oyster shells because they are expensive where I go. For calcium I can give her egg shells or I have some cuttlebone powder. She isn't in an incredibly large cage but she can roost and scratch at the ground just fine. I know her breed of chicken doesn't lay often but I just want to get my first egg, haha. Is there anything else I can do to encourage her to lay?

Show her the cooking pot

that usually works.

 

[duckncover]

Awe I couldn't do that. She's a pet now! But to be honest I don't think she was supposed to get as big as she is, lol. I read that her breed should weigh 28 oz! But she feels more like a couple of pounds to me, haha.

 

[Patsonline]

Awe I couldn't do that. She's a pet now! But to be honest I don't think she was supposed to get as big as she is, lol. I read that her breed should weigh 28 oz! But she feels more like a couple of pounds to me, haha.

I was only joking .. lol. It sounds like she could be lonely as you know chickens like company and her being cooped up all day alone wont' help.

 

[duckncover]

True. But I'm not allowed to get anymore chickens. She's in a room full of birds but they are not chickens. She does get let out once a day to walk around the house. And once it gets nice out I'm going to start taking her outside more. It's not like a deal breaker for me that she lays eggs but it would be cool.