daisymay Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Hi I got my omlet girls on 2nd May and my 2 of pepperpots have been laying for a while but no sign at all of my gingernut laying. She has been here for nearly 2 months now... She was smaller than the pepperpots when they all arrived so I assumed she was a few weeks younger. I have wormed her, dusted her with red mite powder approx 3 weeks ago and give a good mixed diet of layers pellets (with garlic powder, bokashi bran, poultry spice, and oyster shell grit) plus corn and green veg and other s"Ooops, word censored!"s (always after 4pm!). Opinions or advice please....hoping she's well and not something wrong. Don't mind days off but I'm hoping she isn't a freeloader! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 My cousin had 2 from Omlet about 12 months ago and one of them didn't lay. She phoned Omlet and they offered to change the hen. Cousin declined and had 2 new instead! She now has 4 hens and her Ruby has started laying . I think my Opal is a part timer! She was the first to lay and was pretty regular until Ruby started and now she thinks she only has to lay an egg every couple of days! She is top chook and obviously likes to oversee and not participate!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jills Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Hope she isn't a he!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisymay Posted June 29, 2008 Author Share Posted June 29, 2008 Oh my god....hadn't even thought of that.....how would I tell (apart from the obvious cock-a-doodle-do!!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Oh my god....hadn't even thought of that.....how would I tell (apart from the obvious cock-a-doodle-do!!!) Bigger build, more lavish wattles and comb, dramatic tail feathers which arch over, spurs, pointy hackle feathers. She is probably just a slow developer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Pimlott Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 on average birds come in to lay around 20 wks but they dont read books lol so they dont know that, all depends on the individual bird but i would expect a bird to lay by 27 ish weeks. saying that we have had birds of a year just come into lay (pure breeds) K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm200 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Don't worry, she'll get round to laying when she's ready. As you can see from our signature, we've had ours since March but one of them only laid for the first time yesterday. Nothing from her today though so maybe she's a one hit wonder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minky Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 One of my little girls waited over a year from arrival to start laying, so it could be a while yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keanie Bean Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 I've got a freeloader Luna laid for several months and then had all her feathers pulled out by the other chickens. She hasnt laid a thing since then but at least some of her feathers have grown back since then. If yours has never laid it may just be waiting for the right time Sarah.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 I've got a freeloader too. Henrietta went broody, which we stopped, but she hasn't laid since. And she's the noisiest. Still, love her to bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E4eggs Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I had two girls from Omlet. The Pepperpot laid after six weeks or so, but the Gingernut took roughly 9 weeks (maybe a little more). They've settled into a good routine now, although at the time I was a little worried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisymay Posted July 5, 2008 Author Share Posted July 5, 2008 Thanks to all of you that posted.....we had our first gingernut egg yesterday! Very exciting to get 3 eggs in one go.....plus I can replax knowing there'll be no cock-a-do-do's! Horrayyyyy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
