Hello, thank you for your reply. She is less than a year old...will be a year this spring, this is her first laying season. We have four hens all around the same age but different breeds. She is a Wyandotte and was the last to start laying, she never really got to laying daily, every other day was her style and once in awhile she would lay two days in a row, by now it was November. I live in the Portland Oregon area and usually we have to contend with rain, however this year we have had below freezing temps since the new year and snow that is not going away.
The coop inside is 4 x 6 ft and about 6 ft high (comes to a peak) and the outside area is 10 x 15. I have a heat lamp that comes on for 15 min. every hour starting at 5 pm. until 8 am. and a light source that comes on at 6 am and stays on until actual daylight. Their coop door is opened at 6:30 am and stays open for them to roam in and out until they decide to go in for the night.
When the weather changed the other three might have missed a day here or there but they are all back to laying every day except Peggy Sue, she has not laid in almost two weeks, she seems fine otherwise. I have checked her vent area and well some of her tail feathers have been pecked she still has most of her downy feathers covering her area and things seem normal, there is no blood or open wounds, her stomach area fells normal as well.
I am hoping that she is just young and not liking the cold weather.Things are supposed to warm up starting tomorrow so hopefully she will respond to the rain and warmer weather.
