Hen laying 9 months after stopping??

[alpacasandchicks78]

I feel dumb for even asking this but my mlle fleur female reached point of lay, laid two eggs and stopped.(9/11 of 2022)

She's laid twice this week. She can hear the chicks I currently have but cannot see them. Is it possible the noise has kicked up her hormones and got her laying again??

 

[alpacasandchicks78]

I feel dumb for even asking this but my mlle fleur female reached point of lay, laid two eggs and stopped.(9/11 of 2022)

She's laid twice this week. She can hear the chicks I currently have but cannot see them. Is it possible the noise has kicked up her hormones and got her laying again??

I forgot to add that I cracked the egg and it's normal and yes I know it's hers they vary in their shades and I can tell who's is who's because I only have 3 currently. Hers is also slightly different in shape. (I'm hoping for pullets and not a all rooster year and that's happened to us before.)

 

[Yardmom]

I don't know the answer scientifically, but I do know from experience that having chicks can cause hens to go broody. I think the same could apply to the hormones for egg laying if a bird wasn't already laying. Thinking out loud I wonder if that might have been an influence of why hens in my one coop layed all winter and my other coop went a couple of months with no eggs even though there were pullets in that coop?

 

[ChickNanny13]

I've read that "theory" hearing chicks gets a hen laying to produce but no clue as to IF it is or not. I too can tell who laid due to the shape of their eggs, although this year I have three different breeds so the egg colors differ.

 

[alpacasandchicks78]

I don't know the answer scientifically, but I do know from experience that having chicks can cause hens to go broody. I think the same could apply to the hormones for egg laying if a bird wasn't already laying. Thinking out loud I wonder if that might have been an influence of why hens in my one coop layed all winter and my other coop went a couple of months with no eggs even though there were pullets in that coop?

That's one of the things I was thinking about. No one is broody though, not even mom because I incubated the eggs.

 

[alpacasandchicks78]

I've read that "theory" hearing chicks gets a hen laying to produce but no clue as to IF it is or not. I too can tell who laid due to the shape of their eggs, although this year I have three different breeds so the egg colors differ.

I have too, but none of our bigger ladies have ever increased or restarted production from hearing chicks. It's really food for thought. Maybe bantam chickens are more apt to do so?? My other two ladies haven't changed or increased/decreased egg production. Just this one hen.

 

[ChickNanny13]

I have too, but none of our bigger ladies have ever increased or restarted production from hearing chicks. It's really food for thought. Maybe bantam chickens are more apt to do so?? My other two ladies haven't changed or increased/decreased egg production. Just this one hen.

Bantams are supposedly broodier, maybe that has something to do with it ... maybe. I love my Orpingtons & Wyandottes but choose to no have them due to broodiness. Which really limits the breeds I select having dealt with it several times. I keep only 4 Pets with Benefits