*Annoyed*

Okay, I left with my college group on May 31st, 2012. We were working all summer long at Dollywood. A week later, my chickens quit laying on my parents, June 6th, 2012. I figured that they missed me, but I have been back for over 5 months, And they STILL have not started up again! This is crazy! They had over 13 hours of sun all summer long, so why have they NOT been laying?!

When I sell the eggs for $2.50 each, it gives me enough to pay for their chicken feed, which is over $13 a bag now.

Sooooooooooo, what is wrong with these chickens of mine? Speaking of which, I found out lots of people around here, their chickens quit laying around the same time as mine.

 

I can understand for a few weeks, but for over 6 months?

 

Well, my cat is a good mouser, haven't seen any mice or rats around. She takes care of the smaller pests.
My Great Pyr. is a good guard dog, no coyotes, foxes, raccoons, or hawks eating my chickens. (though I hear the coyotes and the hawks do fly overhead). She takes care of the other predators.

Soooooo, what else could it be? It DID get rather hot around here. Up to 120 + degrees, so could it had been the heat? But it is a cooler now, cold even.
And my chickens range from 6 months to 7 years old. The ones who CAN lay are 6 months to 2 years old. The two that are 5 and 7, are my best broody hen, and my first chicken that was hatched here.