Hen not laying...

srd5757

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The whole story... Happily laying 10 mo old buff orpington. We worm flock. Several days later she goes broody. Left her for several days kicking her off nest, she wouldnt give up, so confined her in a wire crate off the ground to break her broodiness. Three days of confinement seem to have done the trick. She is acting normal, free ranging with others, roosting normally, etc. Except this is the 4th day since letting her out and she's not laying???
 
my duck went broody while we were on holidays on a nest of eggs, heavily rained and nest got destroyed and so did the eggs, but they weren't fertile. She hasn't laid since and it's like 1 month and 3 days after. I guess she is taking a break maybe?
 
Hmmm... still not laying. I'm finding this very odd. Do broody hens that don't have chicks usually break until they would have started back up if they did have chicks???
 
An egg, AN EGG... finally we have an egg! Almost a 3 week break, but she just laid this am!
 

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