Next to None Eggs Since a Few Months

[Chicken poppy]

I find it hilarious that as soon as they hear me coming, everyone just settles down! Like pin drop silence!

Their like, sh! Moms coming

 

[fatimastic]

They might start their first molt at this age.

The respiratory infection your mentioned could have been IB = Infectious bronchitis, which can lead to a damaged reproductive tract, resulting in false layers or reduced egg production.

One of my hens has been losing feathers around her neck, so I suppose she is molting but her feathers aren't really growing back. Its been a month or two since she has had bare neck

 

[LaFleche]

One of my hens has been losing feathers around her neck, so I suppose she is molting but her feathers aren't really growing back. Its been a month or two since she has had bare neck

Is this at the front? If so, she might have just rubbed them off on a sharp edge (feeder or chain link fence or similar). If it is on the upper side, it might be from the rooster grabbing her to mate.
They will soon start to grow back once the molt sets in.

 

[Chicken poppy]

Is this at the front? If so, she might have just rubbed them off on a sharp edge (feeder or chain link fence or similar). If it is on the upper side, it might be from the rooster grabbing her to mate.
They will soon start to grow back once the molt sets in.

Agreed.

 

[fatimastic]

Is this at the front? If so, she might have just rubbed them off on a sharp edge (feeder or chain link fence or similar). If it is on the upper side, it might be from the rooster grabbing her to mate.
They will soon start to grow back once the molt sets in.

This is at the front left side of her neck.

 

[fatimastic]

Is this at the front? If so, she might have just rubbed them off on a sharp edge (feeder or chain link fence or similar). If it is on the upper side, it might be from the rooster grabbing her to mate.
They will soon start to grow back once the molt sets in.

Today we only had 1 egg.
They have had bronchitis for a long time but the egg laying season has never been this dry...

 

[fatimastic]

I didn't think of an egg eater, but very true!

**update**
We have an egg eater. Someone has been eating eggs in the past week! Total eaten egg count is 5.
We have only been getting 1 egg a day for the past week. And they have been eating that too!
And it's not like all the shell is left, half a shell also goes missing. And they always have enough food.

A hen of mine sometimes screams before laying an egg. And she has been doing that now. And it's been months since I last heard her do that. And I haven't really been seeing her in the nest box. But then again, I am a student so I am usually at school during the egg laying hours. Her abdomen is not the most soft, but not the most hard.

They have oyster shells as calcium in every nest box.

 

[Aunt Angus]

That screaming is the egg song. Totally normal. I would guess she's not the only hen in your flock who does that.

There are hens who are known to eat eggs. It's a tough habit to break. Many people use roll-away nest boxes.

 

[6BeachChicks]

**update**
We have an egg eater. Someone has been eating eggs in the past week! Total eaten egg count is 5.
We have only been getting 1 egg a day for the past week. And they have been eating that too!
And it's not like all the shell is left, half a shell also goes missing. And they always have enough food.

A hen of mine sometimes screams before laying an egg. And she has been doing that now. And it's been months since I last heard her do that. And I haven't really been seeing her in the nest box. But then again, I am a student so I am usually at school during the egg laying hours. Her abdomen is not the most soft, but not the most hard.

They have oyster shells as calcium in every nest box.

Glad you found out!

 

[fatimastic]

Glad you found out!

I don't believe we have an egg eater. I believe some weasels are coming and stealing our eggs. They have done it before so we renovated our coop. I think they found another entrance.

Needless to say, the eggs have been less even when there was no egg eater...