Please help me understand

[Harris14]

Ok, What's the protein on the feed?
Is it free access? How long do they get before they get let out?
How much do you feed for how many hens?

Protein is either 18 or 19 percent. It’s been a while since I looked at that. I buy the same feed from a feed store. There let out every morning at 11 am after a trough full of feed is given. I had around 15 hens now I have 10 after downsizing. Still no eggs. They were laying so good back in June.

 

[Harris14]

Are your chickens molting? Usually, my hens stop laying when they molt. Sometimes your hens egg production slows down or else they just don't lay at all for about a few weeks to a month.

Just give them a little time and they should be laying anytime soon!

Nobody has started moulting yet. Everybody seems happy. There’s no fighting or picking on each other. I have a young leghorn in another pen who was starting to crow and he’s even stopped. It seems like my chickens are broken.

 

[tillybilly]

How old are your birds? Usually, older birds slow down egg production at an older age.

Also, you can provide scratch and oyster shells as a calcium and fat source.

 

[Harris14]

I crush up there egg shells after I’ve used them and put those in there feed also. My youngest hen is around 9 months old and the oldest will be 3 this year. I only keep three of the original girls that will be 3 this year to keep everyone in check. There my lead girls so don’t matter to me if they lay or not but the others should be. I’ve had chickens for five years now and haven’t seen nothing like it. My originals go broody and raise there young who take over egg laying when there old enough and the older girls get sold. Always worked out perfectly. Until now.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

My hens were laying great then stopped and haven’t laid no eggs in the last 2 months so I sold a bunch of them. A few days later I talked to the buyer and he said there was all kinds of eggs from them. He feeds the same thing I do. I free range. This happened once before to and they said the hens were the best layers.

I don’t understand why they stop laying here but lay after I sell them. Could elevation affect chickens?

No hidden nests. That’s what I thought so I kept them penned up for the last couple weeks and still no eggs.

I'd look for a hidden nest again.

How many hens in how much space? Are they stressed?

Look for lice/mites, especially in the coop, go out at night and rub a white paper towel along the roosting bars see if you find any mites or smears of reddish looking streaks on the towel.

Hard to know what's going on, the hens you just got rid of began laying when rehomed, buyer uses the same feed, so I'd be looking at predator load, hidden nest(s), space/overcrowding and/or parasites.

 

[Harris14]

I'd look for a hidden nest again.

How many hens in how much space? Are they stressed?

Look for lice/mites, especially in the coop, go out at night and rub a white paper towel along the roosting bars see if you find any mites or smears of reddish looking streaks on the towel.

Hard to know what's going on, the hens you just got rid of began laying when rehomed, buyer uses the same feed, so I'd be looking at predator load, hidden nest(s), space/overcrowding and/or parasites.

No mites or lice and no hidden nests. No molting. There is ten hens in an enclosed run and coop big enough to hold 40 hens (I’ve had that many before and roosted comfortably). 3 are older so I don’t expect any eggs out of them but the rest are young still. They love there rooster and follow him around. They lay down willingly for him. Idk what’s going on with no eggs.