My silkies stop laying eggs

[mamagallina]

my silkies stop laying eggs, could it be the hot weather? nothing in the coop has changed. what's wrong?

 

[karen71]

You sure they aren't hiding them ?

Are they sitting on the nest? Maybe broody?

I guess they could be going into molt or just taking a break

how many days has it been ?

 

[chilling in muscadine]

Maybe molting

Has anything changed in there enviroment besides the heat? The smallest thing can set those hens off.

 

[mamagallina]

no molting going on, I know they are not hiding them, and its been 2 weeks, thats a long break....

 

[Ridgerunner]

You might check this site for clues. It might be something natural, like a molt. It might be egg-eating or a predator, which you need to get a handle on. Good luck.

http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/poultry/factsheets/34.html

 

[chilling in muscadine]

Are you in the south where we have had all these terrible storms? Mine have slacked off some since the storms.

You could have a snake getting them to. Snakes are out of hybernation now, ill tempered and hungry.

Usually with egg eaters I have had them leave part of the shell as evidence but this doesn't mean it always happens that way.

Have your recently changed feed for them?