Not all chickens are laying eggs.

[chickkais67]

I have 2 ISA Browns, 2 New Hamp Reds, and 2 Silver lace Wyandottes, all bought at the same time and age this last spring. Only one of the ISA Browns is laying eggs and has been for about 10 days now. They are getting egg laying feed, scratch grains, and many veggy scraps as well as bugs and plants in the yard. They get locked in the coop at night, penned up in an enclosure during the day when no one is home and free range in the fenced in yard when we are home. Why have the others not layed yet? Is there anything else I can do to encourage them to start?

 

[Kevin565]

Have you tried adding a light in their coop at night? Could they be molting?

 

[chickkais67]

No light yet since we still have long days but will be adding soon. Don't think they are molting. I don,t see a bunch of feathers around.

 

[Fred's Hens]

They are simply not all ready. The ISA is an early layer, being a commercial hybrid. The others will start when their bodies are ready and not a day sooner. They'll all come into lay within a few weeks. It's all good.

 

[chickkais67]

Thanks Fred's Hens. I suspected I just need to be a little more patient.

 

[chickkais67]

Wouldn' ya know it???? I just put the girls to bed and I found the second egg of the day. YEEE HA!!!!!

 

[chickkais67]

My third chicken started to lay today. This is sooo exciting.