Very often I'm seeing posts about pullets who hatched in June not starting to lay in the fall, which is when they naturally slow down, and sometimes molt even if they are young. Some of my young ones did just that.
If you want eggs by fall, you gotta have pullets that hatched in spring, not summer, and preferably early spring. Otherwise they often won't lay until after fall molt season is over, even if they're old enough, even if they don't molt.
All you can do is give extra protein, (above 16%, at least 18%) and MAYBE put a light on a timer to come on about 2 hours before sunrise, and go off again at full light.
Then wait. They'll lay when they're ready. Not a minute sooner.
If you want eggs by fall, you gotta have pullets that hatched in spring, not summer, and preferably early spring. Otherwise they often won't lay until after fall molt season is over, even if they're old enough, even if they don't molt.
All you can do is give extra protein, (above 16%, at least 18%) and MAYBE put a light on a timer to come on about 2 hours before sunrise, and go off again at full light.
Then wait. They'll lay when they're ready. Not a minute sooner.