Hen stopped laying

[SSFowler]

I have a couple of hens that were laying and then have stopped.
My Production Red is almost 2 years old and was looking like she was starting to molt recently and stopped laying. She is looking better but hasn't started to lay again.
My Silver Laced Wyandotte is almost a year and has been a rebel from the beginning, always snuck out of the pen to lay either in the barn or the yard. It was always a hunt for her darned eggs. Well, we have recently (finally) made it to where she can no longer free range her self and she hasn't given us an egg since. I check the coop and walk the pen/pasture sometimes more than twice a day.
They are both eating and drinking and active.
What I need to know is if they will start laying again? And if this cease in egg production is bad for them?
I tell my Wyandotte she is setting a poor example for the pullets that are getting close to laying age!

 

[sourland]

Not at all unusual for a 2 year old bird to take a break in her laying cycle. Production birds burn out a bit early, but she should have another year of somewhat less production. I think that both will lay once the day light period reaches 12 hours.