When will my chickens lay eggs?

[stormrobin]

i have a light brahma that I do t think is laying eggs yet but hard to tell because I have other brown layers and she won't let me get close enough to catch her. I have a black australorp and I checked her pelvic bones? Last night and they are only about a finger width apart. I have a French black copper marans that isn't yet? All are about 6-6 1/2 months old.

 

[SueT]

Those that aren't laying yet may wait till spring because now the days are getting short.

 

[stormrobin]

Those that aren't laying yet may wait till spring because now the days are getting short.

It won't hurt them right to not start till spring?

 

[AllenK RGV]

It won't hurt them right to not start till spring?

Nope they adapt to seasonal changes without issues. If you are pushy with them you can replicate a commercial poultry farms practices by keeping them in a windowless coop and control the lighting.

 

[SueT]

It won't hurt them right to not start till spring?

Right, it won't hurt them. They just matured too late in the year. That happened to me last year, I got those chicks in late May and they didn't lay until spring.
Yours may yet start, you'll just have to wait and see.
Good luck!

 

[AllenK RGV]

It won't hurt them right to not start till spring?

One caveat to the it wont hurt them question.....If you are feeding layer feed and they aren't yet laying that can hurt them.

 

[stormrobin]

Nope they adapt to seasonal changes without issues. If you are pushy with them you can replicate a commercial poultry farms practices by keeping them in a windowless coop and control the lighting.

Not sure I want that. I have debated adding a light but they are just as much my pets as they are around for laying.

 

[stormrobin]

Right, it won't hurt them. They just matured too late in the year. That happened to me last year, I got those chicks in late May and they didn't lay until spring.
Yours may yet start, you'll just have to wait and see.
Good luck!

Thank you. They were hatched roughly the end of April. So maybe.

 

[stormrobin]

One caveat to the it wont hurt them question.....If you are feeding layer feed and they aren't yet laying that can hurt them.

It will? I don't know that. Should I separate them from my other chickens that are laying? Or just add something to everyone's feed?

 

[SueT]

It will? I don't know that. Should I separate them from my other chickens that are laying? Or just add something to everyone's feed?

No don't separate them, how about using an all flock type feed and providing oyster shell on the side....