Rescue chickens added to my flock.

[JKCluckey]

So to make this long story short, I was given two Ameracauna hens approximately 2.5 years old. The person that gave them to us said they hadn't laid any eggs for him and his rooster kept picking on them so he thought they'd fit in better with us as our flock is younger. I'm new to chickens but I know that stressed hens won't lay. They have been accepted by our roos and our hens don't really pay them any attention, unless they go up in the hen house...then my girls get a bit disgruntled. My girls also haven't started to lay yet. I have a few nest boxes in the coop hoping the new girls will check them out. So my big question is, about how long should I wait before I start to get concerned that they aren't laying? We've had them for about 5 days now. And another thing, our hens are only 4 months old (ish) and the ones that were given to us are almost the same size. Shouldn't they be quite a bit bigger??

 

[CluckerFamily]

Ameracauna or EE's aren't huge chickens, they will be the maximum height to the top of their back is about 12" maybe 18" to the top of their heads.
When my girls are stressed it takes a couple weeks for them to start laying again.
With the shorter sunlight and getting into autumn, my girls have pretty much stopped laying for the season.

 

[aart]

I was given two Ameracauna hens approximately 2.5 years old. The person that gave them to us said they hadn't laid any eggs for him

They had never laid for him in 2 years?
Pics of these birds?

Moving stress and being late in the year, they probably will molt soon and won't lay until after solstice, maybe well after.

Am assuming you live in the northern hemisphere, but......
Where in this world are you located?
Climate, and time of year, is almost always a factor.
Please add your general geographical location to your profile.
It's easy to do, and then it's always there!

 

[JKCluckey]

I live near Traverse City Michigan. And the hens are 2.5 years old. We got them from our neighbor, who got them from his parents because they moved and didn't want to take the chickens with them. They laid daily for his parents. Our neighbor has only had them for a couple of months maybe and they didn't lay for him. His rooster did not accept them and was always picking on them so he asked if we'd like to take them. So we did. And our roosters have accepted them, however the other hens more or less ignore them so they stick close to our roosters mainly.

 

[aart]

I live near Traverse City Michigan. And the hens are 2.5 years old. We got them from our neighbor, who got them from his parents because they moved and didn't want to take the chickens with them. They laid daily for his parents. Our neighbor has only had them for a couple of months maybe and they didn't lay for him. His rooster did not accept them and was always picking on them so he asked if we'd like to take them. So we did. And our roosters have accepted them, however the other hens more or less ignore them so they stick close to our roosters mainly.

Ah, I'd bet you'll see some eggs, but could be months away.