Silkie not laying eggs

[stepdrw29]

We have had three silkies for about a year now. We got them when they were around 4 months old. Two are roosters and one is a hen. The hen has yet to lay eggs. Any recommendations to get her laying? We have changed the direction the coup is facing, allow them to be free range, bought egg laying food and even put plastic eggs in the stray as a decoy. Nothing seems to be working. Any other suggestions?

 

[Abpoultry]

We have had three silkies for about a year now. We got them when they were around 4 months old. Two are roosters and one is a hen. The hen has yet to lay eggs. Any recommendations to get her laying? We have changed the direction the coup is facing, allow them to be free range, bought egg laying food and even put plastic eggs in the stray as a decoy. Nothing seems to be working. Any other suggestions?

Having more cockerals than hens can be quite stressful for a hen, that could be it

 

[LadiesAndJane]

It is not unheard of for silkie hens to be over a year before they lay. Average age is 7-8 months. Are you sure your third one is a female?

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

It is not unheard of for silkie hens to be over a year before they lay. Average age is 7-8 months. Are you sure your third one is a female?

@stepdrw29 said she's had them for a year and got them at 4 months old, so they are about 1 yr 4 m old!?.. could be all roosters then, need pics to confirm @stepdrw29

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

We have had three silkies for about a year now. We got them when they were around 4 months old. Two are roosters and one is a hen. The hen has yet to lay eggs. Any recommendations to get her laying? We have changed the direction the coup is facing, allow them to be free range, bought egg laying food and even put plastic eggs in the stray as a decoy. Nothing seems to be working. Any other suggestions?

Pics please to confirm hen? You said you free range them?- how much land do they range on and have you checked for possible secret nests? If it is a hen then she may have decided to lay out in the bush secretly

 

[Debbie292d]

We have had three silkies for about a year now. We got them when they were around 4 months old. Two are roosters and one is a hen. The hen has yet to lay eggs. Any recommendations to get her laying? We have changed the direction the coup is facing, allow them to be free range, bought egg laying food and even put plastic eggs in the stray as a decoy. Nothing seems to be working. Any other suggestions?

We have Silkies and only once had a problem with "where are the eggs" when one decided to lay hers in a spare dog house we have. Yes, our border collie gets a choice of two but she let the hen have the other and didn't bother to tell us.