All hens completely stopped laying for months now

[Sycamore Hill Chicks]

That could be it!

 

[Arexa]

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

They had started molting last year and have since recently regained their feathers. There were no issues at the time.

 

[ILoveDaffy]

Hmmmm

 

[Hei 20]

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.

Sounds like they went on strike. LOL

 

[ILoveDaffy]

I don't know what could be going on with yours, other than that maybe they need worming. Parasites could be affecting laying.

 

[Arexa]

That could be it!

I hope it's just that. We thought that molting only takes a few months at max and not a whole year.
We will increase their protein intake and See where it goes from there for now. Thanks!

 

[ILoveDaffy]

If you end up with having to worm and can't find any wormers, use Safeguard Goat wormer. 0.23 ml per pound, but I use a little less.

 

[Arexa]

I don't know what could be going on with yours, other than that maybe they need worming. Parasites could be affecting laying.

We will try that as well. Thank you very much!

 

[cmom]

I have had that happen too for whatever reason some young birds just stopped laying. When they did start again they were laying very well. I have some breeds that are better layers than others. During their molt I did up the protein in their feed. For the first year the birds will go through several molts but after a year then they usually do it once yearly. Some pests such as mites only come out at night after they go to roost. I use a headlamp so I have both hands free to check the birds over. Also as another poster mentioned worms can affect them too. You may be able to take some poop to your vet and they can examine it for worms. Good luck...

 

[cmom]

I don't worm unless I'm sure the birds have them as well as treating them for parasites.