Hen not laying...

[Raggs]

I have two bantam pekins, one of them, Anntwynette, has 2 chicks and is happily taking care of them. She's not laid eggs since having the chicks hatch and I figure this to be normal as she's got two babs to look after.

Her sister, Diana, is in a seperate living space with my other hen, Eagleface (wyndotte) and I am a little bit worried about her as she's not laid an egg since the Third of August. That's 13 days to date and usually I've gotten one from her once every 2 days this year. She was hatched last year so she's still quite young. Not broody, her appitite is fine as is her urge to dig and stratch about. I've checked her over and physically she appears healthy.

Any ideas or thoughts would be helpful! Thanks x

 

[ChickNhood]

Any signs of molt? Parasites?

 

[Raggs]

Not that I can see - feathers are fine and I de-lice the chickens and coop regularly. I can have another look in the 'morrow after work and see if there's anything different about her.

The wyndotte's giving us eggs like there's no tomorrow and she's in the same coop, too.

 

[Raggs]

Okay, Diana was showing a little bit of moult around her neck but not a huge amout - probably why I missed it before.

I de-tic'd the entire coop from top to bottom and chickens who didn't like me very much for this act but they forgave me when I gave them salad - yum!

The following morning, there was a little white egg in the coop <3

Diana's still got a tiny bald patch, I've never seen Diana and Eagleface fight so I don't know where that's come from...