Some chickens take a long time to begin. Others will lay fine, molt, then not lay again or much.
we Had Feb hatch dark brown leghorns (from an exhibition line). So they were BEAUTIFUL, but clearly bred for show and not for their egg laying capabilities, but they were Leghorns!!! The three girls were part of several breeds we bought at same time from same place, but most of the others were not exhibition lines. 1st DBL laid at around 36 weeks, next at approx 44 weeks, the third had not yet laid at 45 weeks when we sold them. The breeder did indicate they were bred for show, not laying capability. The others bought at same time began to lay between 20-24 weeks old.
days are short. Next week days begin to lengthen. This will impact the bird’s pineal gland in their head and they will begin to get the egg process going once the days are consistently lengthening. Even blind birds will be impacted by daylight length bc of their pineal gland.
hope you get an egg soon!
we Had Feb hatch dark brown leghorns (from an exhibition line). So they were BEAUTIFUL, but clearly bred for show and not for their egg laying capabilities, but they were Leghorns!!! The three girls were part of several breeds we bought at same time from same place, but most of the others were not exhibition lines. 1st DBL laid at around 36 weeks, next at approx 44 weeks, the third had not yet laid at 45 weeks when we sold them. The breeder did indicate they were bred for show, not laying capability. The others bought at same time began to lay between 20-24 weeks old.
days are short. Next week days begin to lengthen. This will impact the bird’s pineal gland in their head and they will begin to get the egg process going once the days are consistently lengthening. Even blind birds will be impacted by daylight length bc of their pineal gland.
hope you get an egg soon!