White leghorn stopped laying

[wylie18]

My leghorn started laying about a month ago. She was my first layer of all my chicks. I was giving all of them the same feed I started them on which was the starter/grower. I changed to layer pellets thinking it may jump start my other girls and it did but my leghorn stopped. This was two weeks ago and still no white eggs. I need some advice.

 

[Chick Charm]

Because they are new layers give em some more time. It takes a month or so to get everything ironed out.

You may want to give them the rest of your chick starter feed until it runs out. The extra protein is good for pullets. Feeding layer pellets before they begin laying can disrupt their development. It's not good practice but it's also not the end of the world or anything like that.

Also, look around for a hidden nest spot. They do that some times.

Wish ya the best.

 

[wylie18]

So you don't think she's egg bound or anything like that?

 

[drumstick diva]

I think she is a new layer and they can be sporadic till all the gears are in sync.

 

[Mountain Peeps]

Welcome to BYC! Please make yourself at home and we are here to help.

I agree. Young layers normally take breaks from laying. Their bodies are still getting the hang of laying eggs.

You must feed them extra calcium now. They need it to produce eggs and so that they don't get egg bound or weak bones. Is she sitting in the nest as if trying to lay? Is she ruffled and lifeless? These are signs of egg binding.

But, it sounds normal.

 

[Michael OShay]

Welcome to BYC! Glad you decided to join our flock. You have been given some good advice by the other BYC members and I wouldn't be concerned at this point. More than likely, she will start laying again shortly. Please feel free to ask any other questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Good luck with your White Leghorn hen.

 

[sumi]

Welcome to BYC

As the above posters said she may just need a little time. Another possibility is that she is in fact laying, but not where she's supposed to. If I had an egg for every hen that did that to me by now... I'd have a lot of eggs! She may also be a bit thrown out by the change of feed, what would help there is to mix the new layer feed with some of the old familiar grower feed, so they can get used to it. One of our members wrote a good article on diagnosing and treating egg binding, if you'd like to make sure that's not the case here (I hope not!), have a look here:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/egg-binding-symptoms-treatment-and-prevention

 

[BayBay Peepers]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC!

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello there and welcome to BYC!

Good luck with your flock. I hope you can get this figured out soon and there are no health issues going on.