I have figured out when my hens lay and I usually take the eggs out right away, to deter predators. In the heat of the summer I didn't leave them out any longer than an hour or two.
I am a newbie chicken owner. Late this summer I bought two standard Jersey Giant pullets, one banty cockrel, and one banty pullet. The banty started brooding a couple of weeks ago and with the help of this site I was able to break her of it (took about a week). Now she is not laying and she...