1 yr old hens quit laying due to addition of new hens????

[MHWI]

Anyone have experience with this??? It's been almost 3 weeks. I went from 4-5 eggs a day from my 6 hens (4 RIR/Buff Orp cross, 1 silkie, 1 banty) to 1 egg.

About a month ago, I added 5 3 month old pullets and 1 rooster (oops! thought it was 6 girls) There was some pecking order arranging, but now they all get along fine.

Everyone seems to be in good health. They free range all day. I've looked for hidden eggs, but have found none. It's kind of hard to hide an egg when they hang out by our door all day!

 

[scratch'n'peck]

After i moved my chickens to a new home it took more than a month for them to get back to regular laying. Now that things have settled down it shouldn't be much longer for your flock to get back on schedule.