My Chicken, Golda, Has Not Laid for 3 Days!

[Gwindollyn]

She keeps trying in her usual spot, making her "laying noise", but no egg. She normally will lay everyday. I'm not sure what to do at this point. She is eating normally. We have not seen her poop. Not saying she hasn't - just haven't seen her do it. She is 21 weeks old. Weighs about 3lbs. She seems perfectly healthy and not at all in any stress. She runs with the rest of them and seems fine otherwise. I'm going out today to buy some Tums and see if that will help. Other than that, suggestions? Ideas? Edited to say: She's a Golden Comet I have raised from a chick. No other health problems in the past.

 

[Eggcessive]

I would buy some human calcium citrate with vitamin D at Walmart for about $9. Give one tablet daily until she lays. Tums will work, but the other is better. It can be common for new layers to be irregular. Does her vent seem to be swollen? Is she eating and drinking.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

WHen did she start laying, and how regularly was she laying before she quit?

 

[Gwindollyn]

I would buy some human calcium citrate with vitamin D at Walmart for about $9. Give one tablet daily until she lays. Tums will work, but the other is better. It can be common for new layers to be irregular. Does her vent seem to be swollen? Is she eating and drinking.

I went out to check her vent, and found an egg! So everything is ok...she has been eating and drinking fine.

 

[Gwindollyn]

I went out to check her vent, and found an egg! So everything is ok...she has been eating and drinking fine.

Thank YOU.

 

[nuthatched]

It's completely normal for new layers to occasionally take breaks.