My hen never layed eggs since last summer and winter and since the begging of march she suddenly started laying eggs any advice?

[chickchicklife]

I just got a hen last summer along with one of her sons who lost one eye and we put them together at first but that didn't go well because the rooster kept on poking her and making her bleed since she was fighting with the other hens so we moved her with another rooster we have and they have been that way since fall. She did not lay eggs during that time and we thought there might be something wrong but just this first week of march she laid 2 eggs. She has started laying since then and has laid a total of 6 eggs this march. I am wondering if I should take the eggs out or leave them there since sometimes she sits down on them. She has also been very inpatient on getting out of her coop this whole month

 

[SulkyBantam]

I just got a hen last summer along with one of her sons who lost one eye and we put them together at first but that didn't go well because the rooster kept on poking her and making her bleed since she was fighting with the other hens so we moved her with another rooster we have and they have been that way since fall. She did not lay eggs during that time and we thought there might be something wrong but just this first week of march she laid 2 eggs. She has started laying since then and has laid a total of 6 eggs this march. I am wondering if I should take the eggs out or leave them there since sometimes she sits down on them. She has also been very inpatient on getting out of her coop this whole month

How old and what breed?

 

[chickchicklife]

She looks like this

 

[SulkyBantam]

View attachment 2575942 She looks like this

Some kind of game, possibly OEG. @JadeFarms

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

Well gather the eggs if you want to eat them. If you want to hatch them you can leave them and see if she will sit on them long term. But they won’t hatch if she just sits on them occasionally. Good luck.

 

[chickchicklife]

Some kind of game, possibly OEG. @JadeFarms

She is 3 years old

 

[SulkyBantam]

She is 3 years old

Game hens only lay about 3 eggs per week when they are young, at 3 they would be slowing down.

 

[JadeFarms]

Gamefowl are not good layers, that’s not what they are bred for. At three it’s not surprising that her egg production is really slowing down.

 

[chickchicklife]

Do you have any thoughts on why she has started to be really inpatient?

Game hens only lay about 3 eggs per week when they are young, at 3 they would be slowing down.

 

[SulkyBantam]

Do you have any thoughts on why she has started to be really inpatient?

what do you mean?