Point of lays still not laying??

[wcah]

A group of us bought 6 POL chickens so 18 went in to a cage and a friend droped them off to us. This was back in October 2018
Now the other 2 lots of 6 POL are all laying madley and they both started laying slowly in November and they have trickled through til Jan when they all stated laying every day.
My 6 however haven't layed at all yet not even 1 egg in 4 months WHY????
What are the others laying and mine arnt????
Any ideas muchly welcome TIA

 

[sourland]

Are you feeding a proper diet ?

 

[mixedbreeds]

Is your coop darker than the others? I assume you do not use lights, I have 3 coops in my barn and I do use lights that come on at 4am but one of my coops was darker than the others and they were not laying. I had to leave the lights on all day then they started to lay. Maybe you can increase your natural light in your coop, if that isn’t it I don’t know.

 

[Brahmachicken240]

What are you feeding them ? do you allow them outside during the day ? Do They have a light in their coop ?

 

[GC-Raptor]

Do your chickens free range? If so. Could they have a hidden nest?
What do you feed them? Most of their diet should be a complete feed, like a Layers feed or a Non-Medicated Starter-Grower with Oyster Shells or Crushed Limestone as a Calcium source. Scratch, a supplement feed, should not be more than 10% of a chickens diet. If you are feeding mostly a complete feed.
Then I would investigate the setups for the chickens that are laying to see what's different. What do they feed them? Do their coops have lots of windows? Do they add light?
Hopefully you can figure it out. GC

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hey there do you have photos of the birds ? what are they eating please ? breeds?

 

[Leigti]

Whenever you add new members to a flock it can affect egg laying. Roosters can too. Are they laying somewhere else besides the nest box? Is there enough space in the nest boxes?

 

[wcah]

Are you feeding a proper diet ?

Yeh they are fed layers pellets and mixed corn like I have done for the last 20 years. At the moment they are on layers pellets with wormer mixed with it. Just trying to cover all bases now

 

[wcah]

What are you feeding them ? do you allow them outside during the day ? Do They have a light in their coop ?

Yes they go out every day from dawn to dusk they have free range of 2 large fields.

 

[wcah]

Do your chickens free range? If so. Could they have a hidden nest?
What do you feed them? Most of their diet should be a complete feed, like a Layers feed or a Non-Medicated Starter-Grower with Oyster Shells or Crushed Limestone as a Calcium source. Scratch, a supplement feed, should not be more than 10% of a chickens diet. If you are feeding mostly a complete feed.
Then I would investigate the setups for the chickens that are laying to see what's different. What do they feed them? Do their coops have lots of windows? Do they add light?
Hopefully you can figure it out. GC

They just have layers an mixed corn. And are free range in 2 large fields.
The inside of the coop is quite dark, same as my friends the only difference is my coops a little bigger as it used to be my turkey coop when I had 12 turkeys.