Is my hen broken?

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Hey all! Thank you in advance for any responses. You are all so helpful when I have a question. Now my girls were all bought back in April. All have been laying regularly for a couple months ths now. But my golden laced polish still hasn't laid a single egg. She is a hen I know that. Because she had a brother I bought too that started to crowing and looking very different a few months back and he went to a neighbor. So let's get that out of the way. She is 8 months old. I know she isn't hiding eggs. I have been very tenacious in my searching for little white eggs. Is this normal. Here she is!
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They can be vvveerrryyy sneaky!
Might be time for an exam:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/who-is-laying-and-who-is-not-butt-check.73309/
Then maybe .....
Free range birds sometimes need to be 'trained'(or re-trained) to lay in the coop nests, especially new layers. Leaving them locked in the coop/run for a week or so can help 'home' them to lay in the coop nests. Fake eggs/golf balls in the nests can help 'show' them were to lay. They can be confined to coop and maybe run 24/7 for a few days to a week, provided you have adequate space and ventilation, or confine them at least until mid to late afternoon. You help them create a new habit and they will usually stick with it. ..at least for a good while, then repeat as necessary.
 
They can be vvveerrryyy sneaky!
Might be time for an exam:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/who-is-laying-and-who-is-not-butt-check.73309/
Then maybe .....
Free range birds sometimes need to be 'trained'(or re-trained) to lay in the coop nests, especially new layers. Leaving them locked in the coop/run for a week or so can help 'home' them to lay in the coop nests. Fake eggs/golf balls in the nests can help 'show' them were to lay. They can be confined to coop and maybe run 24/7 for a few days to a week, provided you have adequate space and ventilation, or confine them at least until mid to late afternoon. You help them create a new habit and they will usually stick with it. ..at least for a good while, then repeat as necessary.
Oh they have fake eggs she watches the other girls lay all the time it's funny. Also they are not free range. I just let them out a couple times a day
 

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