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I would not waste the money, time, or effort to add anything special yet. Just give a properly balanced chicken food, as much as they want to eat for several weeks, before doing anything more complicated. Most times when people are underfeeding chickens, they are trying to save money. So...

I would expect between 2 and 6 weeks for them to start laying, unless they have major health issues that no-one yet knows about. It takes a hen's body a certain amount of time (a few weeks) to make a supply of egg yolks ready to go, then she can produce one egg every day or so by adding the...

That may help, but don't throw out the food you have. Feed the current food to them as well (so they are getting more total food, preferably as much as they want to eat.) If they have not been getting enough, then they need more protein, more calories, more vitamins and minerals-- more of...

If you feed them only twice a day, twelve hours apart, probably equal amounts each time. But if you let them eat free choice, they will probably eat about 1/3 of the food when they wake up hungry in the morning, another third spaced out during the day as a bunch of small snacks, and the last...

It might solve the problem, but it might not be enough. If they have been underfed, they almost certainly need extra food to catch up to the body weight they should have. Yes, upping the feed should help, and switching back to grower feed sounds like a good idea too. Yes, you are right that you...

My guess: they are probably not getting enough food. A common estimate is 1/4 pound of dry feed, per bird, per day for standard sized laying hens, in addition to as much water as they want to drink. That would mean 20 hens eat a 40 pound bag of feed every 8 days. Or they eat a 50 pound bag...