Hi, I live in Western WA. I just moved, so the girls don't have their coop, currently, but I purchased a chicken tractor for them. Since I've been here (three weeks), I have taken them out each night to put them in separate cages in the garage, however, this is a lot of work, as you can...
All five girls were laying, then one became broody, she is now laying on 3 (hopefully fertilized) eggs. The situation is, why have the other 4 stopped laying? Granted, the broody hen is mostly staying in one of the nest boxes, though there are two others available in the coop. I've checked...