stopped laying

I have two 1 year old hens that have been together since day one. We recently got 2 new girls (about 4 months old) that were introduced about 5 weeks ago. My wyandotte has always been sensitive and stops laying at the drop of a hat. But she hasn't laid for a solid 5 weeks. She's not molting, has...

One of our hens seems to be lame in one leg. She holds it up constantly, tries not to be on her feet that much, and limps around. It’s been going on for the past couple days. I’ve examined her feet to look for signs of cuts, scrapes, sores, but most importantly signs of Bumble Foot. She has a...

Hi Everyone, This is my third year with chickens. I have 8 hens and a roo. They have been good layers but in August they all just stopped. Any ideas about what's going on? Possible solutions? Is this the end of their laying?

Hi, my daughter and I have 4 chickens-an EE, a barred rock, a buff orp, and a RIR. All but the EE started laying eggs in June/July and were laying for a couple of months. We live in Central Florida, and as the temps rose, they slowed egg production quite a bit. Then the EE started laying (I know...

I have 3 chickens and the Golden Wyandotte stopped laying a few months back. They are now almost 1 year old. The 2 RI Reds will go into the coop at night but the Golden Wyandotte only wants to sleep on top. She also is very shy about coming close to me while the 2 RI reds stand on my shoes...

Ive got 20 laying Bovins and one roo. they were laying great but now two of my hens went fertile and all stopped laying. I live way out in the sticks and would hate to have the hens unguarded by the roo. is there anything I can do to get them to lay again/is it a seasonal kinda thing? or do I...

I’ve seen many many posts on here about handling a sick flock and options to treat/close the flock or cull. I have not seen too many follow up posts regarding those who chose to keep/treat/close their flock I have a flock of 27 chickens that are all a little over a year old. They got sick...

I was keeping three Black Australorp hens in my yard (in Honolulu) and decided to introduce three chicks (two girls and a boy). My hens, who had always laid eggs in one of two places, changed nesting spots. I found one new spot, but when I took eggs from that nest, they moved again. They've...

My hen was bitten by my dog about a week ago. I have been tending her wound and it is healing as far as I can tell. She has not laid any eggs since her injury. She is eating and drinking normally and is walking around fine. I'm worried if she stopped laying eggs that they are accumulating in...

Around October my 10 month old Marans based hybrid stopped laying. Despite being a hybrid that is supposed to lay through winter, I just put this down to a reduction in daylight hours and thought no more of it. She did lay two unexpected eggs last week, meanwhile my other girls have carried on...

I have read every post on chickens not laying and I do not see my situation. We have 11 hens and 1 rooster. 2 hens and the rooster are at about 8 months so I count them out. 1 hen is 2 years and the rest are between 14 and 20 months. 1 Americuana, 2 white (not sure the type), 1 RIR, 1 wyndotte...

Hi I have two chickens, Who started moulting August last year so they stopped laying eggs. This took a while but they have finished now and they still haven’t started laying again. They have access to food, water, oyster shells and grit. Also one of them has had a dirty and poopyrear feathers...

hi community, Our hen used to be a productive layer. But after laying a soft-shelled egg a few months back, she hasn’t laid an egg since. However she is still making lots of noises in the morning and going in and out of the nesting box as if she is about to lay. She appears to be in good...

Hello all! I have a 2 year old Buff Orpington that stopped laying several months ago. Her back feathers seemed broken so I checked her for mites and other problems, but nothing. She would get into the nesting box for an hour or so and come out without laying an egg. Now, 6-8 months later (I...

Hello, my 2 y/o Faverolle, Jonesy, has stopped laying recently. She hasn't given me an egg in about 2 weeks. I am very concerned about this as she has never stopped laying before, she usually gives me an egg every 2-3 days, (this is because Faverolles aren't very strong layers in the first...

Hello all, I have a Dominique who is 36 weeks old, it is now December and she stopped laying eggs about 1-2 ago. Around that same time, I thought I noticed a slight limp when she ran, but didn't see it when she walked, so didn't think much of it. She is my most adventurous lady, always escaping...

All of my chickens stopped laying over a month ago, and sometime last night one of them passed away. They are showing no signs of illness other than not laying, all of them look even better than they did a couple of months ago actually. 2 we’re severely pecked on for all of their lives, but are...

We have barred rock, rhode island reds, and easter eggers. Got them as chicks April 2016. All normal until this summer, they stopped laying, then maybe a month later they started molting. They finished molting a month ago. In total it's been around 4 or 5 months of literally zero blue eggs...

Hi all, I have returned with another in my endless list of newbie questions. My chickens started to lay a few weeks around (at about 22 weeks old) - a bit haphazardly in terms of how often, but nice eggs with strong shells. A couple of weeks ago I lost one of them (the vet thinks she may have...

I have two pullet cream legbars who started laying in early September, usually one egg every other day. Neither has laid an egg for about a week now and I am concerned. Should I be?? They have had a few transitions that might be interrupting their laying cycle. i.e. switching food and coops...