No eggs today? I average 20+!

[Xanatos]

Normally I get about 20+ eggs from my 26 plymouth barred rock hens, yesterday, 0, today, maybe 3 i think. I am not sure what it could be, I'm cleaning out the waterers which needed it, so i Hope it isnt sickness - and I have recently introduced a Male to the population in the hopes of getting some little ones, and I think 2-3 of the hens might be brooding on some eggs now, but what about the rest?

 

[Xanatos]

bump

 

[bishopschickens]

A good ol moult can cause laying to come to a hault. Also we are beginning to lose daylight. How old are the hens?

Brandon

 

[Xanatos]

not even a year, I think I got most of them as hatchlings in April/may, this is their first laying season

 

[tuesdays chicks]

Was it 20 to 0 or a slow decrease? Maybe someone is stealing your eggs? Check for bugs and worms. Molt or hidden nest

 

[Xanatos]

it was eggs 20ish + in all 10 boxes every day to almost no eggs, maybe 3 a day, with the 2 brooding, I'm not seeing any unusual amount of feathers on the ground (molting right?) or any hidden nests...

I thought maybe it was something to do with the 2-3 broody hens going broody at the time.

 

[grasjm36]

Are your girls hiding eggs under the broody hens?

 

[tuesdays chicks]

I didn't think of the broodies. Are you out during the day?

 

[Xanatos]

some of the hens do lay under the broodies, ya, and i go out at different times during the day.

 

[bigspringshatchery]

Have you changed feed. I heard this can cause them to slow down.