Noobie waiting on first Egg Question

So I'm trying to be patient and wait on the first egg from my five girls (2 GLW 5/15) (2SLW 7/20) (1 BPR 7/20)

Every day I open the egg door and look into the nesting box and see nothing! Then it occurred to me that they might not know where to lay their first eggs. I did put some golf balls in the nest boxes ( I swiped them from my hubbies bag! Bwahaaahaaa haaaaa - he'll never miss em!!!!)

Am I being silly to expect them to lay the eggs there or should I look around the tractor for eggs. I feel sooo stupid opening up the coop for nothing.

I really am trying not to pressure them - I am trying to be patient.

But uh they seem to be really delayed in this laying process.

Healthy - no mites, ticks, fleas, lice, worms normal poop. Good appetites. Everyone is now getting along with Hot Stuff the Rooster and they seem to have worked out the whole pecking order thing.

Any suggestions?

Caroline
Jax FL

 

I will go take some pictures in a minute and post them.

I am feeding them FRM Layer crumbles and FRM scratch, plus they free range for a couple of hours every morning. They love these bluish berries the grow on vines. Bugs of course from the compost heap and I give them meat scraps, boiled eggs, peelings, rice, oats, oatmeal. They get plenty of grit and oyster shell.

I also give them fresh water daily and add a little apple cidar vinagar to the water.

Cal
Jax FL

 

Here are the pictures I took today

This is the BPR 7/20 hatched
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Here are the SLW hatched 7/20 See how ones comb is really developed and the others isn't but the flash also lightens how red they are
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And here are the Golden Girls GLW hatched 5/15 - What amazes me is that one of the younger SLW has a more pronounced comb - I don't think she is a rooster because my SLW Roo was hatched same day and you can see he is definately a Roo and she a pullet

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Cal
Jax Florida

 

Okay, Thanks

My FRM layer crumbles is 15% crude protein but I purchased some FRM cat food that my cats refuse to eat and went on a hunger strike because it was not the more expensive purina 1 they love so that is 31.5% crude protein. So I will cut out the apple cidar vinagar and add in some cat food and see where it goes!

Do you think the KFC Bucket is making them nervous?

Thanks

Caroline