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

[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?

 

[SulkyBantam]

View attachment 2575942 She looks like this

Some kind of game, possibly OEG. @JadeFarms

 

[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.

 

[SulkyBantam]

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

what do you mean?

 

[SulkyBantam]

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

Is she locked in?

 

[SulkyBantam]

From 8pm to 9 am, now that she is like that I've started to ler her out early at 10 am

Why? You mean, you lock her in until she lays?

 

[SulkyBantam]

No I can not keep the doors open during the night time because where we live there are many coyotes and foxes around and possums so for safety I keep them locked in their coop in the nights

Right, OK, just wondered why you were letting her out an hour later now she's more impatient.

 

[SulkyBantam]

I am very afraid of letting them out during the day without supervision since last year during spring one my hens got attacked by a hawk so I let them out at 10 am instead of 7 or 8 am , but during that time I did not have this hen

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

 

[chickchicklife]

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I did that before but one of my hens got attacked by a hawk and I didn't want to run anymore risks for them

the other one somehow got a big hole in it and we had no idea how so I am very afraid of letting them go

 

[SulkyBantam]

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the other one somehow got a big hole in it and we had no idea how so I am very afraid of letting them go

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