why no eggs?(update and contest)

[Kesta]

no one else have anything to say
edited to fix a typo

 

[seminolewind]

Get a few round white things like golf balls, or buy a dozen eggs, mark them and put them in the nests. Maybe they just forgot what they do, this should remind them.

 

[siz8003]

Still nothing anyone think maybe i should worm them? I have not done this yet.

 

[the1much]

do you have any pics of their coop?

 

[cajunlizz]

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Let me tell you what we been going thru .

Dh bought 6 hens ( RIR'S ) in April . 3 were laying and 3 others were about to start . ( so we were told )

WELL , needless to say , they were all the same sizes , all the same breed and the 3 are just starting to lay now . and I mean within the last couple of days .


What signs are the hens giving you ?

Mine started squating , combs and wattles getting bigger and RED , and the roosters started mating with them . ALL this has happened in the last 2 weeks .

 

[vfem]

Out of no where my 30 week old silkie began nesting this morning when I gave her fresh straw. She never bothered with it before. Last night she was squatting while I was petting her. Never did that before. Within 30 minutes of the time I gave her fresh straw there was her first egg. Her signs just started like that and POOF. When I was watching her nest I assumed it would happen within days but it was only minutes.

Sometimes it might just sneak up on them!

I read somewhere here someone with a silkie was still waiting at 38 weeks!

 

[EliteTempleton]

You are not feeding them lots of peanuts are you? Peanuts Link

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anything is fine to feed them as treats , ( except no potato peelings , no onions , no garlic ) as long as they get their laying pellets .

I give mine garlic because its good for their immune system. I read it on the internet(Scroll to the bottom) so it must be true!

As for the Onions I just read not to give them too much or the flavor would be passed on to their eggs, same with the Garlic.

I just read a post a few mins ago from someone who says they give their chickens potatoes and their peels all the time with no troubles.

 

[siz8003]

Their roos want them (an try) but most of them scream and run. A few are being mated and let them. Their combs and wattles getting bigger and redder than they have been.I have stopped letting my kids go up there and i just go to feed and water. Maybe we bother them.My white silkies (who just started laying ) are now in a molt white feathers all over the place. I have not seen any from the other birds yet.I do not feed them peanuts Just their layer pellets some scratch and sometimes our leftovers. I put some oyster shell in a week ago but they have not touched it.

I need eggs!!!

 

[SierraMA]

My BO's are now 26 weeks and only 1 of them is laying. I have 2 BR's who are 10 months and they lay pretty much everyday. The BR's lay in the nesting box but the 1 BO lays on the floor of the coop. So I can't figure out why either. I am just going to let nature take its course and wait. I also don't know how to make the 1 BO go in the nesting box. I have never seen her in there. Should I pick her up and put her in the box?

 

[cajunlizz]

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I would do that several times until she gets the idea . Also , put 2 golfballs in each nesting box .
Are your BO's all on laying pellets ? I started all of mine on laying pellets at 18 weeks old .