My White Leghorn is about 11 months old now. She has been laying nearly an egg a day since she started (August?). She is not molting. She has not laid an egg for 3 days, and this is SO unlike her that I'm starting to worry. She gets layer crumble plus a little cat food daily, and is let out to scratch and eat grass with her fellow biddies as often as possible.
She is active, eating, drinking, and 'squatting' for me, but NOT laying is so unlike her that it's giving me horrid flashbacks of my Golden Sex Link, who had to be put down last fall due to Egg Yolk Peritonitis (suspected). I do not see any evidence of discomfort or being egg-bound. She gets supplemental light in her coop, equalling a total of 14 hours a day of light including daylight. She has not been upset that I know of, but she may have gotten a little frostbite on her comb 2 nights ago when we had unexpected frost.
Can anybody reassure me that this is within the range of normal?
She is active, eating, drinking, and 'squatting' for me, but NOT laying is so unlike her that it's giving me horrid flashbacks of my Golden Sex Link, who had to be put down last fall due to Egg Yolk Peritonitis (suspected). I do not see any evidence of discomfort or being egg-bound. She gets supplemental light in her coop, equalling a total of 14 hours a day of light including daylight. She has not been upset that I know of, but she may have gotten a little frostbite on her comb 2 nights ago when we had unexpected frost.
Can anybody reassure me that this is within the range of normal?