No eggs yet!

[Tartannik]

My oldest chick of this year is 27 weeks. And she still hasn't laid an egg!!! The rest are all a few weeks behind her but none from them either!
The first chick is a sussex X and the rest are all araucana, orp wyandotte and silkie X and not an egg from these ones either!!!
Do you think they are just not ready?? The sussex looks like she has quite a red comb but not a thing. And she can't be laying anywhere else as they are in a run!

 

[Katydid2011]

In my experience, many pullets that come to maturity in Autumn won't lay until early Spring. I have several pullets that are 24-weeks plus that haven't laid yet and more than a few of them aren't even red in the comb or wattles yet. Don't worry, I know it's hard to wait but when they do start laying they'll be laying like crazy!

 

[Freshandsalty]

Oh I feel your pain. I have 5 pullets. One started laying at 22 weeks, the other four still haven't layed a thing and they are all over 27 weeks now. I'm beginning to wonder if they will wait until spring too.

 

[snazzyboots]

My oldest is 30 weeks and the other 3 are a couple weeks younger. Three of them have large red wattles and combs but no eggs yet here either. Hopefully soon. They look ready. Good luck with yours!

 

[Fred's Hens]

It is getting so dark, daylight hours are shrinking severely. Adding some supplemental pre-dawn hours of light is a personal choice. With it, you increase the chances of them going in to full blown laying mode in a week or two. Without it, you'll just have to wait and you might indeed wait until February when the days are noticeably longer again.

 

[Tartannik]

Thank you everyone, i feel better about that now. Before i know it I will be getting about 20 eggs a day and not know what to do with them!!

 

[jmlorton]

if you dont want to wait add some light like was mentioned before and they will start laying like normal sooner this