No eggs!

[Shellseeker]

Hello all. New member here. I've had chickens for years but have never ran into this issue before. I have a Lavender Orpington hen that is 15 months old and has NEVER laid an egg. She can't be hiding them somewhere and I have matched the eggs I get to the hens laying them. She is very healthy and looks fantastic, seems happy, but just won't lay an egg. The rooster never mates with her either. I am positive it's a hen. Any ideas how to get her laying? I'm getting desperate here. Thanks!!

 

[AmeraucanaHank]

That's SO weird!!! Maybe something inside of her is wrong so she can't lay an egg.

 

[rosemarythyme]

She could be a dud, some hens never lay. I have a Sicilian Buttercup nearing 2 years old that's maybe laid once or twice, though strong possibly I mistook another bird's eggs for hers and she hasn't laid at all.

 

[Aunt Angus]

She could be a dud, some hens never lay. I have a Sicilian Buttercup nearing 2 years old that's maybe laid once or twice, though strong possibly I mistook another bird's eggs for hers and she hasn't laid at all.

And I've got an almost 4 year old Cochin who laid a few times her first year and stopped. I know she hasn't laid because I know which chicken lays which egg.

Iris is a dud. A loveable dud, but still a dud.

 

[fleurchickens]

I had a Welsummer hen who never once laid either.

 

[AmeraucanaHank]

And I've got an almost 4 year old Cochin who laid a few times her first year and stopped. I know she hasn't laid because I know which chicken lays which egg.

Iris is a dud. A loveable dud, but still a dud.

could you show a pic?

 

[Aunt Angus]

 

[LizzzyJo]

I have a levender orp that only layed for her first year. I love her dearly, but she’s a free loader.

 

[AmeraucanaHank]

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Wow she sure is a beauty! I love cochins but am afraid of scaly leg!

 

[Aunt Angus]

Wow she sure is a beauty! I love cochins but am afraid of scaly leg!y.

She is wonderful! Very sweet, very quiet. Molts 2x a year.

She did have scaly leg (my whole flock did), but if you catch it early, it's just another mite, really. A paint in the you-know-what, but manageable. The only thing that bothers me about the breed is the HEAVILY feathered feet. In winter, they get muddy. In summer, she is hot. I trim them regularly and wash them when they get super muddy. But I do love Cochin!