my hen stopped laying 2 months ago...?

[beckysaur]

Hi.

So my buff orpington hen is almost a year old. She was laying one egg a day very regularly, until a couple months ago. At that time, I introduced two new young hens (plymouth rock and welsummer) into her coop. They weren't ready to eat layer feed yet so I had them all on the chick feed. About a week later, my grown hen stopped laying. A few weeks after that I switched them all to the layer feed. The older hen still hasn't started laying again. It's been at least a month since they've been on the layer feed.
Is this normal?
She also has been fighting with the plymouth rock quite a bit. Could the stress of that affect her laying?

Any advice would be much appreciated! I am started to worry about her!
THANK YOU!

 

[sonew123]

sounds like stress? Also is she moulting?? Mine are moulting and completely stopped laying for the past few weeks and they are not stressing or fighting at all

 

[ebhoneybees]

mine are moulting and have stopped laying too.

 

[beckysaur]

Maybe she is moulting. She has been losing some feathers, but I thought it was from the fighting...
How long does moulting usually last?

 

[sonew123]

let me tell you it feels like forever! I have a slikie thats been in moult for 2 months-a true ameracauns-moulting 3 weeks and now others are starting! I dont know??? Can you pick her up and see if you have new pin feathers popping up all over? if you do shes moulting