hen not laying

[rosob]

8 month old hen still not laying yet 4 others started between 5 and 6 months old

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

What breed? Some take longer and if it’s winter where you are she might not start til spring.

 

[nuthatched]

Is it winter there?

 

[rosob]

What breed? Some take longer and if it’s winter where you are she might not start til spring.

chicken .tractor supply chickens was told they were jersey giants but not a single one is a jg. so have no idea what they are. one looks like ameraucana but lays brown eggs i think there all cross bread

 

[rosob]

it is cooler weather right now here in south west florida but other 4 hens i average three eggs a day

 

[rosob]

Is it winter there?

kind of south west florida

 

[nuthatched]

kind of south west florida

They'll start soon, short days don't trigger laying hormones

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

If you have a picture we can help identify the breed if you like.

 

[Mrs. K]

Animals are animals - she should probably be close to laying, but just like anything else, sometimes you get an animal with a genetic glitch that does not allow them to reproduce. In a chickens case, that would me no eggs.