Girls on Strike

[eGGstaticInTN]

i have 11 hens and one rooster. 4 different breeds. they were all born about 10/1/21, they started laying at about 4-5 months and i was over run with eggs, it was awesome. then all of a sudden they quit. i think it was in May 2022. i'm in NW Florida, i thought maybe it was too hot? i had 3 go broody. i was running a light out there til about 9pm until the people that dug our pool ripped up the electric line (5/20)....but it was summer with longer daylight so i don't think that's it. they may be molting? i'm finding a lot of feathers in the coop and a couple have no tail feathers. i only get maybe 1 egg/day, no eggs for the last 3-4 days. they're on layer pellets, get bread, scratch, and meal worms daily. i don't think anything is breaking into the coop and stealing them. i cleaned the coop, new wood chips, straw, etc, about 2 weeks ago and it doesn't even look like their using the nesting boxes.

i've had chickens before but never had them just quit like this for so long. HELP!

 

[_-Captain BRM-_]

It is the time of year for them to begin molting... That is probably the most probable answer I can think of!

 

[lexingtonsheep]

Mine are the same.
They have a coop and are free range.
They used to go in the coop. After we got a 2nd guinea they stopped going in coop at night. The guineas dont use the coop.
We too used to get a lot, then this year they started hiding them.
If we found them it would be after there was a huge pile but we had to throw them away because we didnt know how old they were.
Some kept laying in the coop, now we get 1 and 2 in our shed.
I give them talks that its not acceptable but they just ignore me.