laying problems

Some of you may have read my recent post- we lost one of our khaki hens last week. She was egg bound, stopped eating, didn’t want to move around, tail bobbing. We did all the things were supposed to do (isolated her, warm soaks, calcium gluc, etc). She died after taking her to the vet and having...

So im doing an experiment. It is winter and my hens are not laying as many eggs by far. I have read up on using cayenne pepper in water for hens to help increase egg production. Some say it works, others say its an old wise tale. From what I read it takes 2 days to take effect. It will not hurt...

Redd has been in her coop trying to lay I took her out for playtime and she went right back inside to attempt to lay again She’s tucking a fake egg under her BUT NOT LAYING

I have one molting Cayuga, so I don’t expect her to lay for a bit. I also have two buffs who have stopped laying eggs for no apparent reason. I got the two buffs two weeks ago. They are 2 yrs old, healthy and although not prolific layers I was getting at least one egg per day between the 3 of...

This is my first year raising ducks. I started out with four cayugas, 3 ducks and 1 drake. Last month we lost two to a coyote or neighborhood dogs. We found one dead and one had been carried away, we never found him. We had eggs for another three weeks, but we have had no eggs from the remaining...

I have 5 dark Brahmas. They are 8 months old and still not laying. They were born in June of 2017. I know they are a slow maturing bird but I read that they should start laying around 28 weeks, which would have been mid to late December. Not sure if it has something to do with the season. We are...

So I recently got a new Rhode island red to add to my flock of three month olds, she is adjusting well and is very friendly to me and the littles. The only thing I'm concerned about is that she's not laying yet, she's three years old and my friend I got her from said she had been laying...

My hen is 7 months old, has been laying since 5 months (only taking a day or two off on rare occasion). She has not laid for two days and has been having watery poos. Sometimes no solids, all clear liquid. Today I noticed she was drinking excessive amounts of water which has made her crop...

We have approx 100 hens, Rhode Island Reds, Production reds, and some white leghorn. We started with 30 and then added about 70 more to our flock back in March, ages between 8 months and 18 months, they were laying up to 50 eggs a day during spring but end of June they all quit laying, I mean...

Hi there, this is my first time posting, but I've used lots of advice from the forums so far - so firstly, thank you for that! So, we got our first chickens on 9th June aged 37 weeks - 2 Brahmas and 2 Buff Orps. At the time we got them, 1 of the Brahmas was laying, and 1 of the BOs was laying -...

I have a bantam Brahma that has been laying soft shelled eggs while she's on her roost. All the other hens are laying normal eggs, except the broody hens, who aren't laying at all. My Brahma hen is about 2 years old. I have been feeding my hens laying feed and scratch, but I'm planning to feed...