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  1. doulaemily

    6 hens have stopped laying - it has been four months and not a single egg!

    Well, that would account for 4 of them, but the two easter eggers aren't 2 yet. I watch them dirt bathe all the time. One of their favorite things to do. Curious about the table scraps - how much is too much? How do you know if a hen is fat? ;) Thanks a lot for the links - checking them...
  2. doulaemily

    6 hens have stopped laying - it has been four months and not a single egg!

    What causes mites? Why would that stop them from laying? How do you treat to get rid of mites? Thanks!
  3. doulaemily

    6 hens have stopped laying - it has been four months and not a single egg!

    I have 2 buff orpingtons, about 2.5 years old now, 2 black australorps, about 2.5 years old, and 2 easter eggers, about 18 months old. I know about the light trick, but I would prefer to let them follow natural seasonal rhythms. There was plenty of light back in October! I'm looking for...
  4. doulaemily

    6 hens have stopped laying - it has been four months and not a single egg!

    I have 6 hens in my sunny SoCal backyard. All have been reasonable to good layers in the past. At the end of August, they started their molting and the eggs tapered off and then stopped. But...the feathers all grew back, and yet NO EGGS. The chickens eat a non-GMO layer mix (free feed, as...
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