In Box but No Egg

[rapunzil]

None of my chickens are laying yet that I got in the beginning of October. I have SLW and Amerucanas. I free range them and feed a diet of layer crumbles and some scratch.

Yesterday afternoon one of the girls was in a nest box, but she didn't lay. Do you think they might start soon? I thought they would have started egg production a month ago and I'm still waiting.

 

[flockof4]

Sounds like they're getting ready to lay. Are their faces getting more red? Do they squat when you go near them? It won't be long now. Enjoy your fresh eggs.

 

[chicmom]

Well, 20 weeks old is the average age....but some pullets take longer to start.......now, I free range mine too, but once they were near laying age, I kept them locked up until around 4:00pm, and I let them free range half days. That way, they would get used to laying in their nest boxes, instead of some cozy schrub or bush. No hide n seek.