Why are my girls so late?

[Farm Frenzy]

I was told to feed them layer at 24 weeks to help get them ready to start laying. They also get alfalfa and grass.

 

[gritsar]

When some of my girls started laying at 19 weeks that's when I started their layer feed. Some of their sisters didn't start until weeks later and in fact, two of them still aren't laying @ 34 weeks. It would be kind of impossible in my situation to offer the layer feed to only the ones that are actually laying. I doubt a few weeks here and there of layer feed before they actually need it is going to do any harm.
My chickens are individuals and as such, they are maturing at individual rates. I expect my two late bloomers to start any day now.
I'm sure the same is true of your chooks farm frenzy.

 

[Farm Frenzy]

I hope so, but it's infuriating waiting. Especially when I see all these first egg pics, and my girls are way older. I know they are in good health, the freaken chickens eat better than I do!!!

 

[gritsar]

I was kind of in a sticky situation when my girls started laying. They were living on the screened porch in a pen almost as big as the porch itself!
The coop building kept getting delayed due to health issues and weather.
One day (@ 19 weeks) when I noticed one of my girls refusing to leave the porch with the others and instead checking out every container - flower pots, boxes, etc. - on the porch I knew I was in trouble.
You should have seen me trying to convince her that a canvas lounge chair on the porch was indeed the perfect place for a girl to lay her first egg. After that first day she dutifully went straight to her chair each day.
Then when we did finally get them moved to the coop, I had to break her from going to her chair on the porch each day!

I spent alot of time praying that none of her sisters would start, because we only had two chairs!

So unlike everyone else on the forum, I really REALLY didn't want early layers.