New Sebright Hen not laying?

[heyheypaula]

Hello everybody!
I bought a Sebright hen a week ago now and was told she's a year old and laying. I know Sebright's aren't exactly reknowned for their laying ability but shouldn't I have seen something by now? It's my first hen that's able to lay an egg so I'm REALLY excited haha. I'm feeding her Dumor laying pellets. Are they too big for bantams?
On a side note- I have three 14 week old speckled Sussex hens that I currently let out during the day to free-range, will they lay their eggs in the morning/night or during the day? Do I need a nest box or two in the yard?

 

[PinkFlamingoFrm]

sometimes it takes a while for them to adjust to their new surroundings. I bought my nephew a white leghorn, hes 3 and was checking the coop every day, and my chickens are too young to lay. So I bought him a year old one. It took her 2-3 weeks before she laid her first egg. But she has laid one every day since then.

 

[Kelsie2290]

If you move hens/pullets to a new home (or do any kind of drastic change to their environment) they usually stop laying and it often takes them a couple of weeks or a month or so to start laying again. Annoying when you are waiting for eggs I know.
Sussex are one of my favorite breeds, love the colors they get.
Most hens (not all) will lay their eggs sometime between morning and early afternoon. With young hens, once they start laying, I would actually keep them up and limit their free ranging until later in the day, so you can train them to use the nesting boxes inside. The other alternative, as you mentioned, is to put nesting boxes outside where they want to hide eggs. When you have free ranging hens, the challenge is making your nesting boxes, where ever they are, more inviting than anything they can find or make.