Layer feed?

[butch]

Would it be okay if I gave my 14 week old pullets 16% layer feed or should I stay on 15% grower feed till they are 20 weeks old?

 

[Bookworm chick]

If it were me, I'd wait until they were 20 weeks old or started laying, whichever comes first. It won't hurt them to stay on the grower feed until then.

 

[willheveland]

I always stay on grower until they lay. Will

 

[chookchick]

You might want to put out oyster shell for them as they near possible laying age. I noticed that my girls started to eat oyster shell 1-2 weeks before they laid their first egg. It was a very reliable predictor of future egg production. That way, they never have any kind of calcium deficiency, less chance of soft/no shell eggs.