hen stopped laying

My RIR hybrid is 2 months shy of 4 y/o. She's always been productive layer. This past fall/winter she took a normal molting break, then started up laying again end of jan/early Feb. She went from laying every other day to two days on/one day off. Then, over the last week she went back down to...

One of my hens, Tiny, passed away 2 weeks ago. It happened very suddenly. A hawk swooped on her. It still breaks my heart, and I got a tattoo to honor her memory. One of my other hens, Dandelion, spent most of her time with Tiny. They were friends from chick-hood. I raised 4 together. And...

Hi there I adopted a lovely 1 yr old Isa Brown, Matilda, who was apparently laying 3 eggs per week. I also bought two 9 week old silkie sisters, Patsy and Winnie. Since having them all, Matilda has not laid once. They have been here for about two months. Could it be that Matilda has taken on a...

Hello! One of our hens has just up and stopped laying. It has been about a week since she has last laid, and we are getting worried. We have lost a hen to impaction, but I don't believe this one has the same. She is pooping fine, and has past the two day threshold. She is only a year old, so I...

Hi there, I have a 9 month old isa brown hen who has stopped laying. She has bumblefoot and I treat her for that (described in my other posts) so she currently lives in a big dog crate in the garage. She gets table scraps every day and I change her straw once a week and clean up any droppings I...

We recently gave away our Star Spangled Hamburg because he was spurring and scaring me, as well as attacking some of the sweet hens we have. But our hens are confused and broody even without an egg underneath them. They have been pecking each other and making very loud noises and very anxious...

Big red a Wyandotte/welsummer used to lay eggs like clock work. every other day she would lay between 11:00 am - 1:30 pm , there would be a nice brown speckled egg waiting for me. We did some shed remodeling last week (the coup is inside the shed) and she still kept laying. She stopped and is...