All hens completely stopped laying for months now

[Arexa]

We have 4 hens 3 Are just a year old and one is 5/6 years old. The oldest hen had stopped laying due to her old age and is enjoying rest of her free-range life. However the young ones were laying just fine. Until the last few months. We have mited and wormed them but nothing has improved. They look just fine and behave normally. They had molted and have ready regained their feathers a while ago. They have enough sunlight and various foods. No stress that we know of, but none of them lay any eggs at all. We're really running out of ideas as to what is going on with them, I hope someone is able to help us out. Thanks.

 

[Mmanist]

If they free range. They probably have a hidden nest somewhere. Go easter egg hunting!

 

[Arexa]

If they free range. They probably have a hidden nest somewhere. Go easter egg hunting!

Unfortunately we have looked absolutely everywhere and have found nothing at all. We did leave them in their run for a while to see if they were laying somewhere else too but no eggs were found. We also checked for predators and tried to make sure that they aren't eating their own eggs. And there's just no eggs to begin with.

 

[Acre4Me]

where, in general, are you located?

Sunlight is decreasing in part of the world going into winter. So, they will lay less or stop depending on breed bc not enough sunlight to trigger the pineal gland to tell them to lay eggs.

 

[Arexa]

where, in general, are you located?

Sunlight is decreasing in part of the world going into winter. So, they will lay less or stop depending on breed bc not enough sunlight to trigger the pineal gland to tell them to lay eggs.

We are in the UK but they haven't been laying throughout the summer either when the sun was there for the longest.

 

[ILoveDaffy]

Our hens haven't layed at all yet

 

[Acre4Me]

Our hens haven't layed at all yet

Hmmm... how old are they in months or weeks? And what breeds. We had a breed that took * forever * to lay.

 

[ILoveDaffy]

About 6-7 months, and 2 Buff Orpingtons, one Delaware.

 

[Sycamore Hill Chicks]

Have they been molting? Really lazy layers can do it super slow and take up to 6 months.

 

[ILoveDaffy]

Panda is I believe. Feathers EVERYWHERE.