Anyone elses hens gone on strike?

[Pumpkinpup]

My girls have just decided that they are not gonna lay. Not no, but HECK NO!

 

[ADozenGirlz]

Mine too. Out of 10 actual layers, we got a whopping FOUR eggs today. I guess I wouldn't be in the mood to sit in a hot nest box on a day like today either!

 

[conroy]

hmm that happened to me this past fall....

 

[Mak]

My girls are too young to lay, but the folks who we get our CSA shares from have a large flock of laying hens, and about 24 of them have been on strike for a few weeks. They think it's the heat.

 

[Dingleberry]

Mine went on strike last week.

I think my telling them they weren't earning their keep worked because they went back to laying again

 

[chickenboy21]

if your birds have been laying consistently for a few months o even a year it is normal for them to stop laying for a while and start up a few weeks later

 

[sdm1277]

not sure if it is the humidity but i went from 12 eggs a day to 1 to 2 eggs!!!
i can't wait until my little ones start laying!!

 

[chickens rule123]

our hens just started a few days ago we got to eggs in two days and they just stoped.

 

[grandads]

yep, 60 hens, 3 eggs today, down from 40 to 50 something a day.

 

[digger455]

Mine stoped today. I have a dozen hens and only one egg a day. Course I was in and out of the coop all day. I did have 17 roo's down to 5 now. To hot to do more than that. Hope they all get going soon. The one started two weeks ago, a egg a day. 17 weeks old. Oh and by the way more roo's going Monday. Want to get down to two of them. The mellowest