No egg in almost three days?

[jeanee]

Nugget has been giving an egg a day for two weeks ( minus 1 day) and all of a sudden, she's stopped. no egg in two whole days, and not today either.. i noticed her walking up and down her ladder a lot earlier, could there be something wrong? she doesn't seem to want to stay in her coop long enough to lay, unless she's sleeping. can anyone help?

 

[RedDrgn]

Sometimes they stop just because they feel like it. Make sure your girl is healthy (e.g. no visible parasites, that she's eating/drinking/pooping normally) and do some searches on BYC for signs/symptoms/treatment of eggbound hens (just in case). Beyond that, not much you can do. At any given time our most frequent layers will take a few days to a few weeks off. They're not machines, so they do sometimes take a breather.

 

[jeanee]

okay, i wasn't sure if they usually took more than two days or so, but i will check her for bugs/diet/movement problems, just in case!
and i'll look up egg-bound symptoms! <3 thanks!!

 

[RedDrgn]

Oh yes, they can shut down for days, weeks, months....forever (rare unless they're quite a ). I don't know about your weather, but it's been super hot here lately and our EE hasn't laid in two weeks as a result. She did the same thing last year. Our BR hasn't laid since she molted last autumn; no idea why....everyone else is laying like champs and they all live, eat, spend all of their time together, soooooo.......

Chickens be chickens.

 

[jeanee]

well, i just cleaned out her coop, and noticed her comb looked faded to more pink than normal, so i looked it up, and she's probably molting. says they stop laying, act funny and stop laying when they molt! so, i guess thats all! thanks for the help!!