Bantam Silkie

[gridgeway66]

I have a silkie bantam and I'm guessing she's around 4 or 5 months old. The lady I bought her from said she had been laying. But she hasn't layed since I've had her. I've had her about 3 or 4 weeks. Any ideas why she hasn't?

 

[Pyxis]

4 or 5 months old is pretty young for a silkie to be laying. They mature slower; most bantams do. The lady may have been mistaken that she was laying, or maybe she was laying but the stress of the move stopper her and now that the days are shorter she may have stopped until spring when the days are longer again.

 

[gridgeway66]

That's possible. I also bought a old english bantam hen from her who had recently had 3 babies. So I'm thinking it was her that was laying and not the silkie. Thanks