Eggs STOP'!!! Normal ???

[arnr1530]

I have 7 chickens 2 started laying 2 wks ago 2 still have not and one is 14 wks old the other is 9 months old the you gets and oldest I just got a wk ago they came lice infested all better and no more lice everyone was integrated 3 days ago finally starting to calm down!!!!
Here is my issue my RIR was laying every single day since she started and today she laid nothing I didn't know if this is common or not ? And my roo is trying to mate with my 14 wk old is this normal or no ???

 

[WillowChick]

After anything stressful (disease, predator, a move) chickens can stop laying. Also, chickens are on an ovulatory cycle (some 26, 25 hour etc) so eventually, they skip a day! Mine lay anywhere from 4-7 eggs a week during the summer when they are healthy. During the winter, they stop laying completely unless you provide an artificial light source. Has she started laying again since you posted?

Don't worry about the roo unless he's hurting her because of her size. It's perfectly normal.

That sucks about the lice. I just had a similar problem with chickens I got from a chicken show (mites, worms, and coccidiosis!)

Willow

 

[Roxannemc]

I have the very same problem My LOs are a year old laid daily religiously since Feb
Last Friday 2 just stopped.Dont see feathers on the ground like they are molting but they never have molted yet.

they are on un-medicated starter feed 18%...Some pl I know have said they went to 18% protein feed if theirs stop laying but they have been on this a month at least
Im using the starter b/c 1/2 the other chickens are younger not laying so I just got to where I feed them all the unmedicated starter as they don't sell All Fowl at the place i buy feed.
Do they need layer feed possibly? What is in it? More CALCIUM? I have been feeding them scrambled eggs every other day lately too
Anything else?.

 

[WillowChick]

If your layers are on chick starter, and nothing else, they are definitely not getting enough of the right nutrients. At 18 weeks they should be on layer ration or at least pullet grower with a side dish of oyster shell so the older ones can chose when to eat it.

Hope that helps!

Willow