Chicken stopped laying

[ChickalettasMom]

Hi all! I have a 2 year old bielefelder hen that has recently stopped laying. We haven’t gotten an egg from her in almost 2 weeks. It is hot and humid where we live but my other hens (different breeds) have all been laying still. Is this normal? What are the odds of her laying again in the future?

 

[nuthatched]

Is she molting or broody? It could just be summer break.

 

[ChickalettasMom]

Is she molting or broody? It could just be summer break.

She is molting! I hadn’t even considered that.

 

[Sally PB]

Both eggs and feathers require a lot of protein. She can't regrow feathers (after the molt) and lay eggs at the same time.