Hens Not Laying For Almost 2 Weeks?? Why??

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

What I did as a “last minute” fix for the terrible muddy run and coop floor was to go to Home Depot and get a bunch of those $3 wood fence pickets and I made an elevated floor on the whole bottom of the run with space underneath for the water to drain! It has kept them dry!

A barrel of hay can be useful. I spread it right on top of muddy/wet run. When its nice out again, you can rake it around to dry. I have also placed a couple pallets down on top of water in run. Eventually everything drains but those are my go to's for flooded run! The goal is to keep them from standing in the water. Its not like they want to anyway so they seem thankful for the ground cover. Good luck!

 

[Granny23]

What I did as a “last minute” fix for the terrible muddy run and coop floor was to go to Home Depot and get a bunch of those $3 wood fence pickets and I made an elevated floor on the whole bottom of the run with space underneath for the water to drain! It has kept them dry!

Ya know these silly girls walk right thru the water...they don't seem to care!! It's me that has a problem. It puddles right in front of the door to their outdoor enclosure. To the right it's higher so I put 4 large stepping stones to walk thru it because it's the only way to get to the little coop to collect eggs. I heard you can get something to cover the grass in the area, which I put in for them, which alliws them to eat the grass but not destroy it. I have to research more.
Im getting 4 eggs most every day! My 2 youngest are 6 mos and I get a very small very dark brown egg from Im assuming the youngest RIR. I know the other large brown eggs are from my older RIRs as they lay daily. The other egg Im not sure whose it is because my buff Orpington hasnt laid in MANY months and my older barred rock is hit or miss. The last one could be my 6 mos old Delaware white because the eggs are very pale almost white or tan. Without a camera in the 2 nesting boxes Im not sure. It actually could be my barred rock because she's broody and lately Ive found her numerous times sitting on everyone's eggs.
Thank you for the advice!!

 

[Granny23]

A barrel of hay can be useful. I spread it right on top of muddy/wet run. When its nice out again, you can rake it around to dry. I have also placed a couple pallets down on top of water in run. Eventually everything drains but those are my go to's for flooded run! The goal is to keep them from standing in the water. Its not like they want to anyway so they seem thankful for the ground cover. Good luck!

A great idea..but my girls don't seem to care about the water..I do. Ive almost lost my shoe a couple times in the mud.

 

[ChicFil- A]

Well, seeing someone across the fence is different than having to eat out of the same feeder.
Are the males in with the girls?
The new additions may have sparked more activity with the males.

Do you free range?

I agree, Chickens seem to react immediately to any change regardless of how small, give them a few day to settle down

 

[Brink]

Hello! Just thought I’d post here in case anyone has any thoughts or suggestions on what to do. So I have 4 laying hens (all are about 8 months old and have laid eggs before). In with them I have 3 roos that they grew up with and are friendly with (the roos mate all the hens and I’ve had zero fights so far, they get along well). I recently added 2x 18-week old pullets in with the flock, and there were some pecking order squabbles at first but now they seem fine. I added the pullets with the laying hens because they will be laying any day now too. It’s been about 2 weeks now since I’ve added the other 2 girls. They’ve seen them before though for the past month and interacted before I put them together in the same coop, so they shouldn’t be THAT stressed out from the addition. The breeds are andalusians, white leghorns, and ameraucanas.

After I added the 2 pullets, all 4 hens stopped laying eggs and STILL haven’t started again yet. Weather is good and daylight is the same length as when they were laying before. Does anyone know why they might have stopped laying and how to get them to start again/when they might lay again? I’m dying for eggs over here haha! They’ve gone from producing about 3-4 eggs/day to nothing. Thanks!

Any update on how your babies are doing?