Adopted red leghorn

[TexasSam]

I took in A red leghorn about A month ago she is still A pullet. The first day I had her she laid A egg in the dirt and hasn't laid since. Is it normal for A girl to stop laying for so long or am I missing something like nutrition or something? All my others lay every day almost. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Lauren Kim]

Do you have grit? Grit is necessary for chickens to lay. Eventually they will stop laying because of age.

 

[sourland]

Not unusual for a hen to stop laying after a change in environment. By any chance has she gone into a molt ?

 

[TexasSam]

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Not unusual for a hen to stop laying after a change in environment. By any chance has she gone into a molt ?

nope none of my chickens have molted except the two self blue Ameraucana hens and they were in molt when I got them. I just thought she would be laying by now it has been A month.

 

[aart]

Do you have grit? Grit is necessary for chickens to lay. Eventually they will stop laying because of age.

This is rather confusing.
Oyster shells and digestive Granite Grit are 2 different things....
.....often the terms used to describe them are colloquial and confusing.
Both should be offered in separate containers to be ingested as needed.
http://www.jupefeeds-sa.com/documents/GraniteGrit.pdf

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Do you have grit? Grit is necessary for chickens to lay. Eventually they will stop laying because of age.

No its not. Grit is necessary for digestion. Crushed Oyster Shell (or some other source of calcium) is necessary for egg laying.

To answer OP question... It could be the change in environment that has done this, the stress of the change, the new people, the new chicken neighbors...

 

[Lauren Kim]

No its not. Grit is necessary for digestion. Crushed Oyster Shell (or some other source of calcium) is necessary for egg laying.

To answer OP question... It could be the change in environment that has done this, the stress of the change, the new people, the new chicken neighbors...

I know it's not necessary, but it is highly recommended. Grit does help in chicken laying. Check out Becky's Homestead on Youtube and watch her chicken laying videos.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

I know it's not necessary, but it is highly recommended. Grit does help in chicken laying. Check out Becky's Homestead on Youtube and watch her chicken laying videos.

I have checked out as many of her vids as I could stand, when I was deciding to get chickens, and trying to figure out what I wanted. I'll be honest; her advice may be sound, but I can't stand her voice, and the way she ends every statement as a question.

 

[Lauren Kim]

I have checked out as many of her vids as I could stand, when I was deciding to get chickens, and trying to figure out what I wanted. I'll be honest; her advice may be sound, but I can't stand her voice, and the way she ends every statement as a question.

I know right? I can't stand that either!

 

[aart]

I know it's not necessary, but it is highly recommended. Grit does help in chicken laying.

I think you're misunderstanding that we are trying to point out that the term 'grit' is confusing unless you specify whether you are talking about calcium 'grit' or granite grit.