I don't get any eggs from hens

[Bird is the word]

I have 5 hens 3 of them are around 2 years old and 2 of them around 3-4 years but I barely get any eggs sometimes I get 2 a week but most of the time nothing, they are all a hundred percent female and none of them are molting and have a the nutrition they need. It is a little hot where I live but they get plenty of water and cool air and it rains a lot. Could they be eating their eggs and if they are what should I do about that?

 

[StinkyAcres]

Do you free range? What are you feeding and what supplements are they getting?

 

[Bird is the word]

Do you free range? What are you feeding and what supplements are they getting?

I let them out for around 3 hours everyday ( with access to their coop if it gets too hot or starts raining ) and I feed them 16% layer feed and give them crushed oyster shells every week

 

[Bird is the word]

Does anyone know how to help me with this problem?

 

[aart]

I barely get any eggs sometimes I get 2 a week but most of the time nothing

Always since you've had them or just recently?
I assume you've had them since they were chicks?

 

[Bird is the word]

Always since you've had them or just recently?
I assume you've had them since they were chicks?

Yes I have had them since they where chicks and it's been happening for around 7 weeks but it slowly got less and less like I would get 4 eggs every 3 days and then it got to no eggs at all

 

[NatJ]

Yes I have had them since they where chicks and it's been happening for around 7 weeks but it slowly got less and less like I would get 4 eggs every 3 days and then it got to no eggs at all

They might be getting ready to molt (if you are in the northern hemisphere, having fall right now. Of course that would not apply if you are in the southern hemisphere, where it is springtime.)

Some hens molt gradually, just a few feathers at a time, so it is not very obvious. It takes them a long time to completely molt, and they typically do not lay eggs during that time. Maybe you have some of that kind of hens, so they are able to molt without you realizing it?

 

[StinkyAcres]

Yes I have had them since they where chicks and it's been happening for around 7 weeks but it slowly got less and less like I would get 4 eggs every 3 days and then it got to no eggs at all

If you're sure they aren't molting and you're free ranging I bet they are laying somewhere other than the coop. Check your yard for hidden nests!

 

[aart]

Yes I have had them since they where chicks and it's been happening for around 7 weeks but it slowly got less and less like I would get 4 eggs every 3 days and then it got to no eggs at all

Yep, sounds like the fall slowdown/stoppage.
My older hens 3-4-5 years old stopped laying in mid August.

Oh...Welcome to BYC! @Bird is the word (are you from Detroit?)
Adding your location in your profile would be helpful to future questions.

 

[musikfan]

I always had high hopes for my girls to lay one a day. I've come to learn that this is not always so. Mine probably give me an egg every day and a half or even two at times. I've got three that are laying and I'm lucky to get one or two a day, some days I get none. Other times I'll get three. I gave up trying to figure them out. I'm just happy when there's an egg or two. I agree with the others here. Depending on where you live with temps, and the fact that we are entering the molting season here in PA, those factors always affect their laying habits. If you never get eggs at all, then I'd be concerned.