Egg laying question, help?!

[mylittleava]

I have three chickens that are 19 weeks and 2 days old. My black new jersey giant laid her first egg yesterday afternoon. She didn't lay one today. Is this normal? Will she start laying every day once she gets used to laying? Is there anything I need to make sure I have in her/their diet?? How many do chickens lay on average??
Thanks

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

I would not call BJGs everyday layers. They are not "excellent" layers so I would probably expect one every other day or so, just my experience. I didn't keep mine long so can't say as an expert. But here:
https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/chick_selector.html
this hatchery has a chick selector which will give you info

http://www.sagehenfarmlodi.com/chooks/chooks.html
Henderson's chicken chart also has info.

 

[aart]

A lot of chickens don't lay every single day...especially the first month or so.

You'll just have to wait and see what your particular bird produce.

New layers can be quite goofy acting, they don't know what they are doing at first and can be confused and anxious, it can take up to a month or so before they get it all figured out. Putting some fake eggs or golf balls in the nest might help show them where to lay. They may scratch around in the nests for weeks before laying. Meanwhile, eggs everywhere, some of them can be rather funky looking, soft or thin shelled, huge double yolked eggs.