laying after broody?

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wmillsap

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Aug 23, 2015
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My black astrlourpe went broody about 3 weeks ago. It took about 4 days of me removing her from the nesting box. This Friday it will have been 3.5 weeks of no eggs( 4 days broody, 3 weeks no eggs) . She was my best layer. In 36 days she laid 31 eggs. When will she lay again? Can I do anything it encourage her to lay again? This is her picture from this morning. I think her comb looks red??
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That seems long. If I could detect a broody and get her in a cage to break witthing two days of broody they usually got back to laying withing 3 weeks. It's the ones that you can't break or were broody longer that usually take the longest to get into laying again. It seems a function of how hard broody they were and how long they were broody before breaking that determines length of time to lay. With variables like that I couldn't guess but think she'll be laying very soon.
 
I have checked the box about 10 times a day. I'm going to do a happy dance when she decides to lay! Thanks for the advice.
 
She may have found a 'better' place to lay out in her range area?

If you're in the northern hemisphere, shorter days may be having and effect.
 
Our chickens molted. We have 11 girls and used to get 10 eggs a day without fail. Now we are lucky to get 4. This has been going on for over a month now. How the heck long is it going to be until they lay again?
 
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She is 10 months old. She was laying constantly. Most weeks she gave 6 eggs. Now nothing! Nothing! It's killing me. We are located in Central Alabama. I have a light on them providing 14 hours of total light in a day. My others are laying. I only have 6 hens no rooster. One of my hens is only 5 months so that leave me 5 laying hens. Now that she has stopped laying I'm down to 4 layers. I have 4 boys. We eat eggs! We need eggs!!
 
Yes they do free range but in my fenced in back yard. I have thought of that and have searched the yard for the last few days but didn't find anything. It's crazy!
 
wmillsap said:
Yes they do free range but in my fenced in back yard. I have thought of that and have searched the yard for the last few days but didn't find anything. It's crazy!
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I'd confine them to coop/run for a few days-week to see if they are laying.

Can also check pelvic points:
2 bony points(pelvic bones) on either side of vent:
Less than 2 fingertip widths apart usually means not laying.
More than 2 fingertip widths apart usually means laying.
 
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