no eggs from new hen

[jc mac]

recently introduced a new hen to my remaing 1 hen, the other 3 were taken by a fox. The new hen was fine for about 8 days and now the the past 3 days has not laid a single egg, what's up with this?

 

[sourland]

When moved to a new home/environment, hens will generally stop laying for a while. Birds do not like change.

 

[jc mac]

but for how long?

 

[aart]

Funny that she laid for week then stopped, sometimes they will lay one(already in process) then stop because of moving stress.
Could be the change in her feed caught up to her...what are you feeding and do you know what she was being fed before?
Is your existing bird laying?
Hoe old is the new bird?
I would also ask, has anything happened to stress her out...another bird added, being picked on by your existing hen, change in coop, predator attack?

 

[jc mac]

she came from god knows how many (thousands) I'm sure its the feed, they have theirs blown in. My remaining hen is still laying, I'm sure its shock of everything, but my question is how long before she starts laying again?

 

[mymilliefleur]

she came from god knows how many (thousands) I'm sure its the feed, they have theirs blown in. My remaining hen is still laying, I'm sure its shock of everything, but my question is how long before she starts laying again?

It depends on the hen, some will resume laying after a few days, while with others it may take a few weeks.

 

[jc mac]

it has been well over 2 weeks since my new hen has laid an egg, is there anything i can do for her, i acually left 2 eggs in the coop thinking that might stimulate her but nothing has happened, any more suggestions?

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

it has been well over 2 weeks since my new hen has laid an egg, is there anything i can do for her, i acually left 2 eggs in the coop thinking that might stimulate her but nothing has happened, any more suggestions?

Seeing eggs will not stimulate her to produce her own eggs, so save yourself a potential mess and/or inadvertent development of egg eating and remove the eggs. If you feel the need to use "bait" (this is used to tell birds *where* to lay, not to induce them to lay) use golf balls, wooden eggs, etc.
? What breed is she? What are you feeding your flock? How many other birds is she housed with and in what size of an area? How did you approach integration and did you do a quarantine?
Depending on age, the stress of the move may have had the misfortune of coming at the same time that she was about to lay off for a molt - which would possibly mean it may be spring before she starts a new laying cycle.

 

[mymilliefleur]

Seeing eggs will not stimulate her to produce her own eggs, so save yourself a potential mess and/or inadvertent development of egg eating and remove the eggs. If you feel the need to use "bait" (this is used to tell birds *where* to lay, not to induce them to lay) use golf balls, wooden eggs, etc.
? What breed is she? What are you feeding your flock? How many other birds is she housed with and in what size of an area? How did you approach integration and did you do a quarantine?
Depending on age, the stress of the move may have had the misfortune of coming at the same time that she was about to lay off for a molt - which would possibly mean it may be spring before she starts a new laying cycle.

X2. My guess is she is molting, in which case she will not be laying.

 

[jc mac]

she is an 8 month old sex link possibly from the same 2500 that i got my first 4 from, gets along fine with my remaining hen. first 3 got taken by a fox. i removed the eggs. nutrena 16% layer feed with oyster shell . i know its different from what the farmer was feeding, they have theirs blown in. the size of the coop is 4' x 8'. she did have mites, she was treated with Sevin dust, long after she stopped laying. she appears healthy, follows the other hen eats, poops, scratches, pecks i also give garden scraps on ocassion, some bread when i need them to return to the coop. She is actually treatd like a queen since she came from the farmer. she just stopped laying.