One of my chickens started laying eggs almost 1 week ago, but the others haven't started yet. Why?

[BudgieKing15]

I have 4 ISA Brown chickens who are almost 17 weeks old. One of them started laying eggs a while back, but none of the others have started yet. I am feeding them adult food from Purina. Why haven't they started laying yet? Are they too young or am I doing something wrong?

 

[sourland]

They all mature at different speeds. 17 weeks is on the low end for egg laying initiation. You are doing nothing wrong. They just have to mature.

 

[Glwyandotte]

They will start laying soon. All chickens bodies develop at different speeds even if they are The same breed. They are just taking a little longer than your other girl.

 

[BudgieKing15]

They all mature at different speeds. 17 weeks is on the low end for egg laying initiation. You are doing nothing wrong. They just have to mature.

They will start laying soon. All chickens bodies develop at different even if they are The same breed. They are just taking a little longer than your other girl.

Thanks. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't doing anything wrong 'cause I love my birds.

 

[Glwyandotte]

Also. My ISA brown pullet turned 17 weeks this past Friday and she layed her first egg yesterday.

 

[BudgieKing15]

Also. My ISA brown pullet turned 17 weeks this past Friday and she layed her first egg yesterday.View attachment 2266371

Awesome! The first egg I got from my hens was from my girl Bertha, and she laid it when she had just turned 16 weeks old!

 

[Glwyandotte]

Awesome! The first egg I got from my hens was from my girl Bertha, and she laid it when she had just turned 16 weeks old!

My ISA pullet’s name is Christa

 

[BudgieKing15]

My ISA pullet’s name is Christa

Cute!

 

[CHlCKEN]

I have 4 ISA Brown chickens who are almost 17 weeks old. One of them started laying eggs a while back, but none of the others have started yet. I am feeding them adult food from Purina. Why haven't they started laying yet? Are they too young or am I doing something wrong?

Every hen is different, just like human girls- although it usually happens around a certain time for hens, you can’t garuntee everyone will start in the same week. they will probably start in the same month if they’re the same breed though