Laied yesterday... Nothing today

[Chickenhappy8708]

My hen Amber laied an egg at about 1:00 p.m. yesterday. She has not laied since, but devoured an entire tray of oyster shells by her self, the equivalent to a small dog bowl basicly. I'm wondering if I should expect any more eggs today, I know every hen is different, but she is a Amber link, so I can expect a lot of eggs right?

 

[azygous]

Your post could use the addition of more information.

How old are these hens? Pullets just coming into lay can be sporadic layers at first.

Where are you? In the northern hemisphere, it's molting time and egg production takes a big hit. If your hens are eligible for molt, this could be the problem, although you may not be allowing enough time for the next egg cycle to occur before getting worried.

What are you feeding? How much do you treat with table scraps and other veggies and fruit? Corn and scratch in what amounts and how often?

How many chickens do you have and are they living with lots of space or are they crowded? This can affect egg laying.

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

Your post could use the addition of more information.

How old are these hens? Pullets just coming into lay can be sporadic layers at first.

Where are you? In the northern hemisphere, it's molting time and egg production takes a big hit. If your hens are eligible for molt, this could be the problem, although you may not be allowing enough time for the next egg cycle to occur before getting worried.

What are you feeding? How much do you treat with table scraps and other veggies and fruit? Corn and scratch in what amounts and how often?

How many chickens do you have and are they living with lots of space or are they crowded? This can affect egg laying.

I am in Michagan, she lives with 2 4 week old cockerels in a coop that acomadates 6 chickens, plus a larger run that I built. She eats both layer and start/grow, and oyster and egg shells. It isn't molting time yet around here. She is 22 weeks old she can have herbs, and gets a few oats every day. She dies get the ocational cucumber or strawberry top as well.

 

[azygous]

She's a new layer so it may take a few more weeks for her to be regular. If she's been laying for weeks already, she may be on a brief "reset" break, which occurs from time to time with all layers.

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

Nope, yesterday was the 1st day!

 

[azygous]

She needs practice before she qualifies for the big leagues. Her eggs will gradually get larger over the next weeks, too.

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

Great! We put it next to a brown store egg, and it was a third of the size lol.