americauna stopped laying

[seminolewind]

Hi, In the heat, they don't lay very well. Another thing is when they go broody they stop laying. Leave a couple eggs in the nest and see if she starts sitting on them. 3 of my best layers went broody this month, so no eggs for the summer.

 

[KierBri]

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they get so many eggs when they're born. so ones that don't lay everyday will lay for more years then ones that lay everyday. my three year old leghorns lay 6-7 a week, since 5 months so about 750 so far, my polish 1-2, say eight years, she's about the same.

 

[KierBri]

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i'm in ct, we didn't get hot till last week (we had snow in april) she's never gone broody, i can't recall seeing her on the nest lately. how long do they go broody?

 

[portlandpeeps]

my best layer, an EE seems to have gone broody for the last week. No eggs, but she seems very uncomfortable. Any ideas on what I can do for her? I posted a similar question yesterday in another post and someone suggested I give her an egg to sit on. Can anyone tell me why this would help her? Any other ideas?

 

[ibpboo]

I got a reply from friend who's chicken lived to be 15 years old and at that age she was still laying, about a dozen a year!! Imagine that, pretty good I'd say!

 

[KierBri]

WOW!