Black Sex Link Stopped Laying After 1 Year

[JasonWaterfalls]

I have a black sex link that was one of my most reliable layers all last spring into summer (her first laying season) but when it got really hot around late August she stopped laying. I figured that was normal heading into fall but she still hasn’t started up again going into May. I thought maybe she has some health issue but she seems perfectly fine otherwise. Just content to free load.

Is this something I can change? Do black sex links just take longer to start laying again after winter? I have 9 other chickens who all eat the same food (Tucker Milling 16% mini pellets) and lay eggs regularly.

 

[nuthatched]

How have you determined that she's not laying? Have you done a pelvic check?

 

[JasonWaterfalls]

Her eggs are very obviously different from the rest.

 

[nuthatched]

Her eggs are very obviously different from the rest.

Eggs shade can vary from season to season and year to year.

 

[JasonWaterfalls]

I also never see her in a nesting box whereas I see the others all the time (work from home so am around a lot). Also her comb/wattles are pale and have been for a long time

Eggs shade can vary from season to season and year to year.

 

[nuthatched]

I also never see her in a nesting box whereas I see the others all the time (work from home so am around a lot). Also her comb/wattles are pale and have been for a long time

As a production breed, she maybe spent. Or she could having herself a mini molt.

 

[JasonWaterfalls]

That’s what I’m worried about. Only got one laying season out of her if so. Bummer.