Chickens have completely stopped laying eggs for past 4 months

[SueT]

My hens all stopped laying for the winter, and are just beginning again as the days lengthen.
The advice given to you in post #2 is good, and I second the suggestion to get more chicks.

 

[MadisonAdam]

My 3 year old red sex links stopped laying completely a year and a half ago at their first molt and never resumed,they were spent at 18 months old, they still like to hang out in nest box and make egg song but it's just for show. I still check them daily in spite of them retiring a year and a half ago and going to a separate coop from the newer younger girls. Theyre still happy and healthy bug eaters that get broiler fryer crumble 20% from local mill after retiring. I couldn't bring myself to eat them,they're pets.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

Henopause

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

My 3 year old red sex links stopped laying completely a year and a half ago at their first molt and never resumed,they were spent at 18 months old, they still like to hang out in nest box and make egg song but it's just for show. I still check them daily in spite of them retiring a year and a half ago and going to a separate coop from the newer younger girls. Theyre still happy and healthy bug eaters that get broiler fryer crumble 20% from local mill after retiring. I couldn't bring myself to eat them,they're pets.

You wouldn't want to eat an older bird anyway. they're very tough. Most commercial chickens are slaughtered around six months of age.

 

[Perris]

You wouldn't want to eat an older bird anyway. they're very tough. Most commercial chickens are slaughtered around six months of age.

Not 6 months; 6 weeks
"Broilers used in intensive systems are from strains that have been bred to be very fast growing in order to gain weight quickly (with typical weight gains of over 50 g). Unlike laying hens (kept for egg production), which live for about a year, broilers only live for several weeks before they are slaughtered. In the EU, the slaughter age can range from 21 to 170 days but is typically around 5 to 7 weeks
• In the US - the average slaughter age is 47 days at a weight of 2.8 kg (6.26 lb)
• In the EU – the average slaughter age is 42 days at a weight of 2.5 kg (5.51lb)
Over the last 80 years or so, the slaughter age of a standard fast-growing broiler has decreased considerably, and the final market weight has also significantly increased (see Figure 1). In comparison, more traditional breeds of meat chickens can take around 12 weeks to reach slaughter weight."
https://www.ciwf.org.uk/media/5235306/The-life-of-Broiler-chickens.pdf