Regular or layer crumbles for my Pullets ?

[Camshaft]

My Golden Comets have reached their 17th week on this earth and I was told that at around 16 weeks + they could start laying eggs. Should I change their feed to layer crumbles or keep them on the regular feed till that first magic egg appears?

INFO : They freerange all day long.

 

[chicmom]

Now is a great time to switch to the layer feed.

 

[Camshaft]

Wow...Your Fasttt! Thanks much for your quick reply. I'll head down the road today and pick up their layer crumble. Thanks again!!

 

[GwenDellAnno]

I'd finish off the old bag of grower and then switch to layer.

 

[ranchhand]

It's a good time to start combining the feeds, gradually switching them to layer. Chicken don't like sudden feed changes.

I feed layer pellets, so I usually have a week of transition with crumbles and pellets mixed together.

 

[gryeyes]

Just remember that layer feed does not MAKE pullets start to lay. They will lay when they are ready to lay. Layer feed supports them with extra calcium.

Patience, grasshopper!

 

[Camshaft]

Ah, thanks everyone. I'll start mixing the feed till the regular is all gone and then sit and wait. I know that they will lay when they are ready...trouble is I'm ready and they aren't. )

 

[D'Angelo N Va.]

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That's always the case....we are ready and they aren't. I am wanting eggs as soon as they turn 18 weeks...and sometimes it does not happen.