I hope you're right that she starts producing again soon. It's just my luck that I picked a "non broody" breed just for her to decide that she wants to be different.
One of my chickens (6 month old white rock) went broody. She wouldn't leave the nest even with no eggs in the box and the other hens picked on her when she came out to make her go sit back on the nest. Well of course she stopped laying eggs but it took me 2 days to break her from sitting in the...
Thanks. I leave oyster shell out all the time but I'll try eggshells too. Maybe she'd prefer them better. I'll keep an eye out on broodiness. She did like sitting on her eggs most of the day when she did lay so maybe that's part of the issue.
I have 3 young chickens of different breeds (all 24 weeks old) and one started laying eggs 4 weeks ago, another 3 weeks ago, and one acts like she's going to soon. The one that started first is a Cuckoo Maran and she stopped laying a week ago, she stopped squatting, but still sings her egg song...
I'm new to the whole chicken raising thing but I have 3 20 week old pullets (or I assume) and only our cuckoo maran has started laying. She's been laying a lot of shell less eggs which I have read is normal but for how long does it go on before I need to start for another cause other than she's...