Easter egged laid one egg then nothing

[Miss Tree]

My Easteregger finally laid an egg at 8 months old. A few days later I found egg yolk in her poop. I posted that in the emergency/disease section.. some thought it was just a young hen working out the plumbing and others were concerned it could be egg yolk Peritonitis. I kept an eye on her and she behaved normally. It’s been a month now since that first egg and she gives no sign that another is coming. She even stopped doing the squatting position when I touch her back.. is this normal for winter?

 

[azygous]

Behavior is the best indication of sickness or health. As long as your hen is behaving normally, she's probably okay.

The poop almost definitely has yolk in it. That is bad. Yolk breaking inside of a hen can attract and harbor a bacterial infection, and cut short a young layer's egg laying career.

While it's too late to take mitigating steps for the recent broken egg event, if you ever see that again, give a calcium supplement, like you would take, immediately, one tablet per day until you are sure all egg remains have been expelled. The calcium strengthens contractions that will help get all the remains out.

You will be in a white knuckle waiting game now until the days once again become long enough to trigger laying hormones. Until then, we won't know if this hen isn't laying due to the short days and long dark nights of winter or if she's now sterile from the egg breaking inside her.

 

[Miss Tree]

Behavior is the best indication of sickness or health. As long as your hen is behaving normally, she's probably okay.

The poop almost definitely has yolk in it. That is bad. Yolk breaking inside of a hen can attract and harbor a bacterial infection, and cut short a young layer's egg laying career.

While it's too late to take mitigating steps for the recent broken egg event, if you ever see that again, give a calcium supplement, like you would take, immediately, one tablet per day until you are sure all egg remains have been expelled. The calcium strengthens contractions that will help get all the remains out.

You will be in a white knuckle waiting game now until the days once again become long enough to trigger laying hormones. Until then, we won't know if this hen isn't laying due to the short days and long dark nights of winter or if she's now sterile from the egg breaking inside her.

 

[Miss Tree]

She is laying again! One month of nothing now laying ever other day!