My Australorp hardly lays anymore

[gel2727]

Right now I have 2 RIR and 1 Australorp. I used to get pretty much an egg a day from each of them. But for the past few months, my Australorp hasn't really been laying, we get one every few weeks from her. They are all happy and healthy and behavior hasn't changed, so what's going on?

She is around 1 year old.

 

[ghulst]

How old are they?

 

[gel2727]

1 year (I was editing as you were asking)

 

[kycklingmamma]

Mine did that few months ago and I started investigating and come to find out ( to my horror) they had lice. I treated the coop ad the girls and within a few days they were back to normal. It could also be moulting I heard, but I haven;t had a moult yet (as far as I know) with my 1 year olds.

Kycklingmamma

 

[Gloria]

She could also be thinking about going broody. I just went through that with my Australorp. She's only about 8 months old.

 

[gel2727]

Do they go broody if there are no roosters around?