Laid 1 Egg and hasn't laid since

[cesparolini]

Help!

My plymouth rock laid her first egg on Monday morning (very exciting!) and has not laid since and it is now Friday. She is behaving normally, eating etc. Should I be concerned?

 

[TXmom]

The same thing happened to me! I was so worried...but apparently it is normal. My Rhode Island Red layed an egg on a Saturday, then nothing all week. Then I got an egg from a different hen the next Saturday, and finally got another brown egg from my RIR on Sunday. So it took 8 days for her to lay her 2nd egg. After that, she was laying one almost every day.

I bet you'll be finding another egg real soon!

 

[TXmom]

OH...and I almost forgot...

 

[gardenak]

When they first get started, the laying can be very erratic. As long as she is eating, drinking and otherwise behaving normally, you have nothing to worry about.

from AK!

 

[Fastdragst]

one of my white faced black spanish laid her first egg about a month and a half ago and not one since

28 weeks old today, PR and SLW started at 17 weeks and havn't looked back.

 

[1birdlady]

We have 4 barred rocks, 20+ weeks old. Two of them lay regularly, a third lays now and then (every other day or so)...the 4th is still a freeloader, eating well and very much at the bottom of their hierarchy. She has to get out of *their* way, or else..pecking and get out of here!

(It sucks to be "Mimi".....)

I would not worry to much about irregular laying at this point. They're still new at it and getting it down to a plan..

ya know?

And if I remember correctly, the hens are on a 26-28 hour schedule, so there will be some missed days.

 

[fshinggrl]

I got my first egg from one of my EE's 2 weeks ago. (brilliantly colored olive green egg) and haven't had one since. Patiently waiting!