Bigtom Turkey
Crowing
I am thinking she is hiding them over the fence, and be prepared to really look. I had a hen fly up to a 12 foot hay loft to lay, three years later we found her nest of about 30 eggs!!
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Yes, pin feathers coming in is usually a sign of molt or new growth. It's painful for molting birds to be handled, so I generally leave them alone unless I have to treat them for some reason.So @Wyorp Rock seeing little brown feathers coming from the pins attached on her body.. that is the molt sign?? I haven't really seen them until today, but know she is uncomfortable to be touched the past few weeks, as I have tried looking for lice/mites back when she first stopped.
@Gabtods sorry for hijacking your thread
She’d be dead already if she was egg bound.Egg bound?
@Gabtods Sounds like our girls were similar, eggs every day, and a month not laying! I was relieved also once I figured out she wasn't egg-bound@Beard4 , we're all searching for answers I'm going to go check her over again, but finders crossed she's just taking a break, and can resume egg production soon - this lady was working like a machine for 4 months! An egg nearly daily! So at first I was somewhat relieved ( for her sake) she was taking a break haha, but a month seems like much longer than i would have anticipated....
Hope your girl is just molting and will be back to laying again soon!
Thanks everyone!
Chickens molt and grow a new set of feathers 2-3 times before around 6 months of age, those are called the juvenile molts.We haven't seen many feathers from her drop, but she has lots of new pin feathers coming in! I thought she was too young to molt, but guess not! Now let's hope her eggs return again soon