Good Morning! Here is what I have going on.
15 month old flock of Barred Rock chickens with a clean, roomy (8+ sq ft per bird), well lit and ventilated coop. Large fenced outdoor area. All well feathered and normal behavior. Poop is normal on all. They have free choice grit and oyster shell and, of course, food (all purpose flock - 19% protein) and water.
Once they began laying last fall, we were averaging 5 eggs per day from 6 hens from last autumn until mid-summer this year. Then egg laying began to taper off mid July until we would go a few days or so between any eggs. We just assumed it was a normal molting period (they did molt at that time) combined with the warmth.
Then about beginning of September it slowly built up to one or two eggs per day but sometimes nothing. Now, two days in a row with no eggs.
There is definitely no predator or disturbance (game camera in coop to confirm). No sign of anyone eating eggs at all. No changes to diet, environment, behavior, etc. They just have stopped laying eggs. We are at our wits end trying to figure it out.
Please, any help at all? Thanks!
15 month old flock of Barred Rock chickens with a clean, roomy (8+ sq ft per bird), well lit and ventilated coop. Large fenced outdoor area. All well feathered and normal behavior. Poop is normal on all. They have free choice grit and oyster shell and, of course, food (all purpose flock - 19% protein) and water.
Once they began laying last fall, we were averaging 5 eggs per day from 6 hens from last autumn until mid-summer this year. Then egg laying began to taper off mid July until we would go a few days or so between any eggs. We just assumed it was a normal molting period (they did molt at that time) combined with the warmth.
Then about beginning of September it slowly built up to one or two eggs per day but sometimes nothing. Now, two days in a row with no eggs.
There is definitely no predator or disturbance (game camera in coop to confirm). No sign of anyone eating eggs at all. No changes to diet, environment, behavior, etc. They just have stopped laying eggs. We are at our wits end trying to figure it out.
Please, any help at all? Thanks!