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Hmm, yes, the hens were born sometime around September 2008, they started laying January 2009, they laid an egg a day until about January 2010. We thought it must be a molt, because that's summer for us, but the egg laying picked up about May-April, and then stopped altogether.

Quote: How long do these 'breaks' usually last for? Mine stopped laying around their second birthday, and it's been about eight and a half months since the last eggs.

Ah, we're facing exactly the same decision now! After two years of constant egg-a-day laying, my two older hens just stopped cold turkey one day. Luckily, we'd bought two chicks who grew up in time to replace them. We have a very large garden, and plenty of food (we buy 35kg bags from a local...