Is it okay?

[Simpleman1]

Guys is it ok to give layer mash before a pullet has layed it's first egg?
My pullet is around 6 months old and still haven't layed any egg nor any signs of it...

 

[wyoDreamer]

What makes layer mash different than regular all-flock is the addition of calcium. At 6 months, your pullet should be able to metabolize the additional calcium. I assume you want to go to Layer because you have other hens laying already?
I only feed All-Flock, but I have a container of crushed oyster shell available for them to eat from as needed. Never had any problems with this set-up.

 

[Shamo Hybrid]

Give her the layer feed and watch for the surprise!

 

[Simpleman1]

What makes layer mash different than regular all-flock is the addition of calcium. At 6 months, your pullet should be able to metabolize the additional calcium. I assume you want to go to Layer because you have other hens laying already?
I only feed All-Flock, but I have a container of crushed oyster shell available for them to eat from as needed. Never had any problems with this set-up.

Nope.. I have only this pullet(All other chickens that i hoped to be pullets turned out to be Cockerals )

 

[wyoDreamer]

In my area, All-flock is cheaper than Layer feed. So with a bag of oystershell, it is cheaper to feed the All-Flock over the long term. My guinney hens eat All-Flock and scratch mix, they are not supposed to have Layer at all - too much calcium for them. So feeding all-flock to the chickens is a no-brainer for me. Having only one chicken, go ahead and buy the bag of Layer mash, it probably takes quite a while for a single chicken to eat a bag of feed. Hopefully she is laying for you before too long.

I hope you can get some hens to keep your current chicken company. Chicken math is great!
Did you get rid of all the cockerals?

 

[bobbi-j]

Layer feed is not going to speed up the process. She will lay when she’s ready.

 

[Simpleman1]

In my area, All-flock is cheaper than Layer feed. So with a bag of oystershell, it is cheaper to feed the All-Flock over the long term. My guinney hens eat All-Flock and scratch mix, they are not supposed to have Layer at all - too much calcium for them. So feeding all-flock to the chickens is a no-brainer for me. Having only one chicken, go ahead and buy the bag of Layer mash, it probably takes quite a while for a single chicken to eat a bag of feed. Hopefully she is laying for you before too long.

I hope you can get some hens to keep your current chicken company. Chicken math is great!
Did you get rid of all the cockerals?

No.. 2 Cockerals are in the cage(Different breed)...she's free ranging with 2 Cockerals of her own breed... She doesn't allow the cockeral to mate her and runs away

 

[wyoDreamer]

I think you should stay with the All-flock for all of them and offer calcium on the side for your hen. She will take what she needs for egg production and you won't be overloading the cockrels with calcium that they don't need. One type of feed to buy that way and it will be fresher if you are going through the feed quicker.