haleybz
Hatching
- Mar 23, 2016
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I'm a new chicken mama and I'm looking for advice!! About three weeks ago, I purchased 2 chickens- an Ameraucana and a Plymouth Rock (both around 11 months old). Unfortunately for the first week they were kept in a rabbit hutch while we finished up their coop we were building from scratch. I assumed the move to a new home would affect their egg laying but luckily on our third day with them our Plymouth laid an egg- yay!! By the end of the week we placed them in their new, large coop with a ton of space in their fenced in run and they were happy campers. The Plymouth continued laying about every other day and the Ameraucana did not lay. Last weekend I purchased two more chickens (two Cochins around 7 months) and they entered our flock just fine. Everybody is laying except the Ameraucana! I know it probably was stressful to move from the farm to our rabbit hutch, then to our new coop, and then to get two new buddies- but I'm wondering if anyone has any advice. I figured by now she would start laying. The farm that she came from told me she was laying there and even laid the day I picked her up. She's eating, drinking, playing and even seems to be showing herself as higher on the pecking order around the Cochins. She doesn't seem to be molting (I don't think?) because I haven't seen any patches of feathers missing or her pecking at herself. Any advice or information would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks