Confusing RR behavior

[JonB]

I have a year old RR hen, that hasn't laid since late February or so. She's solid and healthy body-wise, eats and drinks and poops regularly...yet, can't seem to make it happen? She'll go in and lay on a nest like she's going to, but nothing is ever there. I felt for egg-boundness, and nothing. Once in awhile, she acts kinda bummy, sulking a little and just laying in the hen house. I get worried, but then she'll go about like normal. Any ideas? Seems quite strange, especially since the others have ramped back up to an egg a day or close to it...

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Make sure she isn't thinner than the other hens.

 

[JonB]

She certainly isn't thin by any means...lol. She's a thick, solid hen. Very well proportioned. She's in the house making the putting sounds a laying hen does as we speak, but there will be no egg when she comes out. Like I said, she has laid before, just not in awhile. She acts and seems very healthy...

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

She certainly isn't thin by any means...lol. She's a thick, solid hen. Very well proportioned. She's in the house making the putting sounds a laying hen does as we speak, but there will be no egg when she comes out. Like I said, she has laid before, just not in awhile. She acts and seems very healthy...

Well if she is healthy but just not laying then I wouldn't worry if it were me.

But when she gets sulky make sure she isn't doing anything else strange, like having diarrhea or gasping, etc.

Sulky does worry me.

 

[JonB]

Maybe sulky wasn't a good word to use. She'll sometimes just not be running around active like usual, but I imagine even chickens can have moods like us. Maybe she just wants to hang for a bit...she seems to be fine. She was getting fired up today, like usual, when our BR in an adjacent pen came close to her run....lol. She's a brat sometimes...

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Maybe sulky wasn't a good word to use. She'll sometimes just not be running around active like usual, but I imagine even chickens can have moods like us. Maybe she just wants to hang for a bit...she seems to be fine. She was getting fired up today, like usual, when our BR in an adjacent pen came close to her run....lol. She's a brat sometimes...

Sounds OK then! Just keep an eye!