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

 

[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.

 

[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]

Can you get a covered run? locking them in the coop for hours during daylight could result in bullying.

I have seen no signs of bullying in my hens but I will try to get a covered run thank you

 

[cmom]

I agree a covered run is best. I have several coops and pens. All of my pens are covered. I also have electric wires around my coops and pens as well as concrete under the gates all due to losses from predators in the past. Nothing has gotten past the electric wires that are around my coops and pens. If any predator touches the they will hurt for a couple of days but I have a quite powerful fence charger. I used to close the pop doors in the coops at night but I don't anymore but haven't had any issues. Nothing can get in. I have several game cameras up around my property and most nights see predators on them when most roam here. I love my cameras. This is an older picture of a coyote at my chick/grow-out coop. There are electric wires going around it.

 

[cmom]

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

It's that time of the year when birds that haven't been laying will start up laying again. Your bird in one of your posts looks to be a modern game bird. I have never raised any game birds except many years ago I did raise Pheasants. Here is a picture I got off of the internet. Looks a lot like your bird.

 

[chickchicklife]

She looks like this

 

[chickchicklife]

Some kind of game, possibly OEG. @JadeFarms

She is 3 years old

 

[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.

 

[chickchicklife]

Hens in general when getting out of their coop are impatient to get out, but my hen was never really like that until she started laying eggs again, she tries to get out and the other day she got her head stuck on the window of her coop, it is a very strange behaviour which I haven't seen in her till now