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    Adult Hen Not Laying

    Well, I think that was the issue -- thank you for your suggestions!!! I removed the plastic eggs, and the next day, Jeckyll popped out the biggest egg I've ever seen from these birds! Thank you!
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    Adult Hen Not Laying

    Oh that's funny! I've been singing "Broody Chicken, Broody Chicken" all day -- I may have to make up lyrics to sing to little Jeckyll. :-)
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    Adult Hen Not Laying

    LOLOLOLOL. I can't be a new momma -- we don't have a rooster. She's busily trying to hatch plastic Easter Eggs. I'll remove the plastic eggs -- maybe that will stop it. Poor Jeckyll -- we've always said she's our slow chicken. Luckily she leaves to eat and drink (she's also our fattest...
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    Adult Hen Not Laying

    Thank you for all the suggestions. I know they're not eating their eggs, and I'm pretty sure it's not a snake (I've never seen any snakes or evidence of them in my neighborhood). And I know they're not egg-bound, because they poop OK, and two are laying eggs -- but only half as often as...
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    Adult Hen Not Laying

    This will be a long post, but I want to give all the background information. We have 3 ladies -- Heckle, Jeckyll and Hyde. We got them March, 2007 -- so they are all about 18 months old. All 3 laid eggs all summer, and they lay sparsely through the winter too. They are Auracanas, so we had...
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