chickens not laying eggs?!? help

[Ashley3]

I prolly did hear him wrong but he said they where his best layers. nd we have a light in the coop so they have longer light hrs. also they did just go thru molt but they are done.

 

[Ashley3]

How do i get my chickens to lay?? Ive had them.for almost 2 months now. and nothing.

 

[sbhkma]

You can't "make" chickens lay eggs.
How old are they? Where did you get them from? What are you feeding them? How many do you have and what size is the coop? Do they have a run? Are they free range?

 

[Blooie]

I agree, you might have just misunderstood what he said or he meant that he got 2-3 eggs out of THEM -not just out of one chicken - a day. Two eggs from a single hen in one day can happen rarely (I had one hen do that once when she first started laying) but 2-3 eggs a day regularly is, well, to put it nicely, a bit of a stretch.

 

[Ashley3]

He deff. said 2 eggs a day. i asked ny bf who was with me. we have had them for a month and a half. almost 2 months. they are supoosedly 1 1/2 yrs old. they free range and they have layer pellets free choice. There are two hens. the coop is big. 8 nesting boxes. 4 perches. 2 runs. plus tgey ha e the whole yard.

 

[woody1]

Ashley, as has been said, no chicken lays 2 eggs a day regularly. Are you sure they aren't laying and you're just not finding the eggs? Unless they're older than you were told, I'd expect at least an egg occasionally from Black Stars even during molt. Try shutting them in the coop for a few days or at least in a run and see what happens. Also, put a golf ball or nest egg in a nest box or 2. That won't make 'em lay but may encourage laying in the nest (if they're laying).

 

[Ashley3]

Ya we kept them in the run and coop for a month. no eggs. i put a egg in the nest. no egg. idk.

 

[donrae]

He deff. said 2 eggs a day. i asked ny bf who was with me. we have had them for a month and a half. almost 2 months. they are supoosedly 1 1/2 yrs old. they free range and they have layer pellets free choice. There are two hens. the coop is big. 8 nesting boxes. 4 perches. 2 runs. plus tgey ha e the whole yard.

I bolded two possible issues....

age. 18 months is prime time for a production bird to molt and take time off to recharge, before starting laying again in the spring. Some molts are obvious, some it's hard to tell what's going on with the bird as it's more subtle.

free range. Hens don't automatically know what that nest box is for. They have better ideas about where to lay. You might try confining them to the coop for a while. Or, you may be out of luck until spring when they start laying again.