No eggs at 17 weeks

[drinkoj]

6 lady's. 2 Barnevelders, 2 golden sex links, and 2 jersey giants all just turned 22 weeks.
Not a single egg yet.
Just put some ceramic eggs in the nest boxes.
Getting antsy

Hang in there, the angst is real! You've got some breeds of chickens that take a long time to lay. Jersey giants and Barnevelders take around 6 months before they'll lay if I'm not mistaken. Yeap, just googled them. But you at least got the golden hybrids that should be laying for you soon.

 

[howdyitsmia]

I just skimmed the thread so I apologize if I missed this, but if you haven’t already switched their feed already you need to do so. Either to layer feed or an all-flock, but if you do all-flock you should provide a calcium supplement such as oyster shells.

 

[drinkoj]

I just skimmed the thread so I apologize if I missed this, but if you haven’t already switched their feed already you need to do so. Either to layer feed or an all-flock, but if you do all-flock you should provide a calcium supplement such as oyster shells.

Think all of us who first posted & responded to the thread originally have gotten eggs now, I was the last. We all got the layer/oyster choice going. But that's a good point for @bigred-77 , as s/he needs to be offering free choice oyster shell because of the goldens needing it and those other four pullets being about 2 months away from needing calcium from the oyster shell.

 

[bigred-77]

Hang in there, the angst is real! You've got some breeds of chickens that take a long time to lay. Jersey giants and Barnevelders take around 6 months before they'll lay if I'm not mistaken. Yeap, just googled them. But you at least got the golden hybrids that should be laying for you soon.

Thank you
The two goldens' combs are still pretty light red, hoping they turn soon
I had one jersey giant a few years ago who unfortunately was taken by a predator before laying age, and I didn't know Barnevelders were slow layers, just had some available when I bought these and decided to get em