laying location

[Frazzemrat1]

Will hens lay their eggs at night. And also my two hens that I have in the pin waiting to join my three have been in their pen for three days and have not laid an egg is that normal. I realize they are under some stress from the move to this new location but shouldn't they be laying eggs.

No, chickens won't lay at night

 

[igorsMistress]

Will hens lay their eggs at night. And also my two hens that I have in the pin waiting to join my three have been in their pen for three days and have not laid an egg is that normal. I realize they are under some stress from the move to this new location but shouldn't they be laying eggs.

Stress will certainly cause a drop in production, and if it's winter where you are tgen shorter days can too. Your profile doesn't say where you're located, a general idea can be helpful to better answer your questions.

Do you have a nest box and layer feed or a source of calcium? How big is the pen the new girls are in? Do they have room to move around? Access to a run? Knowing more about your situation will help get better answers.

ETA I've had new layers drop eggs from the roost at night. Not often but it happened. My oldest girls are almost a year old and it hasn't happened in quite some time.

 

[Mark Cavalli]

Stress will certainly cause a drop in production, and if it's winter where you are tgen shorter days can too. Your profile doesn't say where you're located, a general idea can be helpful to better answer your questions.

Do you have a nest box and layer feed or a source of calcium? How big is the pen the new girls are in? Do they have room to move around? Access to a run? Knowing more about your situation will help get better answers.

ETA I've had new layers drop eggs from the roost at night. Not often but it happened. My oldest girls are almost a year old and it hasn't happened in quite some time.

The pen I have them in just for now is 4' x 4' I am going to let them out with my three girls after they get used to one another I have the smaller pen in the middle of the large pen . I don't want them to rip each other up so I am getting them used to one another for a couple of weeks. They seem to be getting to know one another well at this point. But it has only been three days so that's why I was wondering if the two girls in the small pen Will lay their eggs they are just over one years old. Thank you

 

[igorsMistress]

The pen I have them in just for now is 4' x 4' I am going to let them out with my three girls after they get used to one another I have the smaller pen in the middle of the large pen . I don't want them to rip each other up so I am getting them used to one another for a couple of weeks. They seem to be getting to know one another well at this point. But it has only been three days so that's why I was wondering if the two girls in the small pen Will lay their eggs they are just over one years old. Thank you

If you provide a nest and calcium they'll get around to it then I'm sure.