kirajarosz
In the Brooder
- May 29, 2015
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Hello!
We have a just over 7 month old speckled sussex that we raised from a chick with 2 others (RIR and gold laced wyandotte). All 3 started laying very consistently back in August. A few weeks later, the SS seemed to go a little broody. This was easily fixed by taking her off the nest a few times a day for 2 days and making sure no eggs were left in the coop (we had another hen in the past who was MUCH more difficult to break of broodiness). I did notice during/after this period she was getting picked on by the RIR, but this has since stopped. We expected a slow return to egg production. We got at least 1 (maybe 2 or 3) egg from her following the brief bout of broodiness, and she seemed like she was back on track to continue laying, but then she quit laying and has not laid a single egg for weeks. The other 2 young hens we have are laying every single day and our older buff orpington is molting (so not laying). The SS does not seem to be molting and seems like she is healthy! We have looked for but haven't found any nests in the yard and the others lay in the coop. Any ideas??
Thanks in advance!
We have a just over 7 month old speckled sussex that we raised from a chick with 2 others (RIR and gold laced wyandotte). All 3 started laying very consistently back in August. A few weeks later, the SS seemed to go a little broody. This was easily fixed by taking her off the nest a few times a day for 2 days and making sure no eggs were left in the coop (we had another hen in the past who was MUCH more difficult to break of broodiness). I did notice during/after this period she was getting picked on by the RIR, but this has since stopped. We expected a slow return to egg production. We got at least 1 (maybe 2 or 3) egg from her following the brief bout of broodiness, and she seemed like she was back on track to continue laying, but then she quit laying and has not laid a single egg for weeks. The other 2 young hens we have are laying every single day and our older buff orpington is molting (so not laying). The SS does not seem to be molting and seems like she is healthy! We have looked for but haven't found any nests in the yard and the others lay in the coop. Any ideas??
Thanks in advance!