Feeding 36 week old Chickens?

[Barn Yarn Chicken]

Hi everyone!

I have a question about chicken feeds.

I have been giving my 36 week old chickens laying feed. And they are NOT laying. I have looked up wether it safe to give them laying feed or not. Some sites say yes, some say no. What should I do?

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I have been feeding laying feed mix with corn. And they also free range most of the day (12+hrs)

And I when they were younger I just fed starter no grower. My feed store told me that I dint need grower. Is this reason that they are probably not laying?


Thanks!

 

[Chickiemom25]

Usually they start laying by now. Try grower or all flock and leave a pan of oyster shells out for them. If they are free ranging 12+ hours a day, I would have an egg hunt to figure out where they are laying them. they may not get it they are supposed to lay in the coop. Mine have been laying all summer and all of a sudden one has decided the duck house is a better nest than the nesting boxes in the chicken coop. I would bet money you just havent found the cache of eggs yet.

 

[Barn Yarn Chicken]

Usually they start laying by now. Try grower or all flock and leave a pan of oyster shells out for them. If they are free ranging 12+ hours a day, I would have an egg hunt to figure out where they are laying them. they may not get it they are supposed to lay in the coop. Mine have been laying all summer and all of a sudden one has decided the duck house is a better nest than the nesting boxes in the chicken coop. I would bet money you just havent found the cache of eggs yet.

Okay. I gonna go look right now

 

[Chickiemom25]

Okay. I gonna go look right now

Did you find the nest?

 

[andreanar]

Agree that those girls are laying somewhere out on the range! You can keep them locked up for a few days, either in coop or run if you cant find their stash. I would keep them locked up anyway to teach them to lay in the coop.

 

[Barn Yarn Chicken]

Did you find the nest?

No I didn't. I spent an hour looking. I am going to keep them in their coop. I do have a question. I have two other gold laced Wyandottes that are already laying large brown eggs. How can tell if my RIR hens start laying? Will the eggs be smaller? Thanks!

 

[Barn Yarn Chicken]

Agree that those girls are laying somewhere out on the range! You can keep them locked up for a few days, either in coop or run if you cant find their stash. I would keep them locked up anyway to teach them to lay in the coop.

I have locked them up today. And when I let them out in put them in a separate run. Thanks!

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

No I didn't. I spent an hour looking. I am going to keep them in their coop. I do have a question. I have two other gold laced Wyandottes that are already laying large brown eggs. How can tell if my RIR hens start laying? Will the eggs be smaller? Thanks!

Pullets *usually*start with small eggs that increase in size and regularity over a period of weeks, but I have had girls that started out laying large right from the start.

 

[Chickiemom25]

No I didn't. I spent an hour looking. I am going to keep them in their coop. I do have a question. I have two other gold laced Wyandottes that are already laying large brown eggs. How can tell if my RIR hens start laying? Will the eggs be smaller? Thanks!

shoudl be smaller but if she is laying in the yard already they could be the same size...

 

[gtiorobertsf]

Good Afternoon,
I am having a similar situation. I am currently feed DuMor chicken feed. I got my day old chicks at the end of March this year and they haven't started laying. I was feeding the Dumor Chick starter and then up until three weeks ago I switch to layer pellet by Dumor. Still no eggs. I belong to a group on F/B and their suggestion was better quality feed and introduce a light for 12 hours. Any thoughts?