Chicken stopped laying eggs

[Happyhens3326]

So I have a two-year-old Ameraucana hen, and after winter ended she stopped laying. It’s now April and still we have had no eggs from her, and this is worrying me. She has always been on the thinner side and lowest in the pecking order of the flock, so maybe that has something to do with it? All of the other chickens in my flock began laying again after the winter season so it is only one chicken. Anyone have any ideas of what could be going on?

 

[dat bird]

she could be broody, broody hens dont lay eggs

 

[Happyhens3326]

I have had broody hens before and she doesn’t sit in the nesting boxes, she still runs around in the flock with the other birds all day.

 

[dat bird]

then maybe she has an egg stuck inside her

 

[Happyhens3326]

What can I do to help her if she does have an egg obstructed?

 

[dat bird]

give her tums

 

[rosemarythyme]

If she had an egg stuck inside you would know by now, she would've died from it. If you aren't sure, you really should check her vent and feel internally for an obstruction first.

She might just be a dud, hard to tell. Or very very late with returning to lay. If she's not getting enough nutrition because the others aren't letting her eat, that could be part of it.