My red sex links are 5 months and dont lay

[gagelora]

My red sexlinks are 5 months old and they dont lay i also have brown leghorns that dont lay and newhapshire reds with the same problem all the same age why are they not laying

 

[lightchick]

Sometimes it just takes some time. Welcome to the forum!

 

[gagelora]

Oh

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC! Here is a nice thread that covers a lot of the reasons why the girls might not be laying you might want to check out https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/423023/why-arent-my-chickens-laying-here-are-your-answers It sounds like you have mostly high production breeds, so if they are not laying already at five months / 22-24 weeks? they should be very very soon, unless something is going on ...

 

[gagelora]

What would be going on

 

[TwoCrows]

Welcome to BYC!

Sorry your birds are not laying yet. They may start up soon. But I would read thru the thread that Kelsie left for you. There is a lot of information on why chickens are not laying.

Good luck and I hope they start laying soon.

 

[cowhlb]

 

[lightchick]

Do you have all the nest boxes open for them? They're on layer feed right?

 

[gagelora]

Yes and yes

 

[lightchick]

Yes and yes

OK, so we got that out of the way.............Has it been really hot outside lately? That can delay them.
Here's a link that might help.
http://blog.mcmurrayhatchery.com/2011/03/15/9-things-that-affect-how-well-hens-lay/
I hope they lay soon!