I relocated my coop and my girls stopped laying...

[chelseaboy]

So about 6 weeks ago i relocated my coop and my hens stopped laying. I have no idea why. I generally let them out in the late afternoon until it gets dark so I doubt they are laying in the garden.

Any ideas?

 

[chicmom]

Hens do get upset if you change things up on them, but six weeks is kind of extreme.....are you sure they aren't laying their eggs in a secret place? Look around........

 

[teach1rusl]

I agree. Six weeks is plenty of adjustment time. I'd go on a late easter egg hunt.

 

[patman75]

Go hunting for eggs, maybe they are molting, are they getting enough day light?

 

[chelseaboy]

not molting anymore and muhc more daylight than before in their old location. I'll go on a hunt right now.

 

[chelseaboy]

I really don't think they are laying anywhere in the garden. Yhe couple of hours they are out and about they are always on the move. I just think they have gone on strike.

 

[LittleMamaBigPapa]

I have never moved my coop and one of my hens layed an egg under a bush? I have also had eggs under the coop, in the run and on the floor of the coop????

 

[ibpboo]

My hens mostly lay in their nest boxes. I let them out a lot, and then they start laying in other locations. Under the barn, in the grass, in bushes.

 

[chelseaboy]

Well they are annoying me. I'm gonna give them 2 more weeks to get on the darn program!

 

[ibpboo]

How old are they?
I would try keeping them locked up for a week.
I have to do that occasionally to get them to lay only in the nest boxes.
I bet I have eggs in the neighbor's bushes.