No eggs in weeks

[LeverAction35]

I have 6 chickens (1 rooster) and haven’t had eggs in weeks. All of them were born between March and May of this year. For a while I was getting 4-5 eggs/day.

It seems like they hardly eat anymore. 2 weeks ago a fox killed one of my chickens and these remaining ones just huddle by my house under the bushes since then.

Is the non-existent egg laying related to the fox-induced stress or what?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

If they are roaming about in the yard or woods, I'd look for a hidden nest of eggs. Sometimes if out and about, they won't return to the coop to lay eggs.

 

[Knobby]

I've been getting 1 egg a day, from nearly 50 chickens, for the past 2 months now. I'm not concerned..still love all the freeloaders.

 

[Mrs. K]

When I have a sudden and nearly complete reduction in eggs, it has always been a hidden nest. I too have thought, they can’t, but they do.

Go down to the coop in the morning sit with a book and a cup of coffee, and watch. That is the easiest way to find a hidden nest!

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

The stress of the attack could be enough to make them stop laying. Are any of them molting? Also this time of year even some new layers will slow down.