please help, question bare with me...

[seminolewind]

I think she just decided that she's going to hold off motherhood for a while, since she's dating this hottie!

 

[GOSPELSOLDIER]

well theres no woods next to my home for many miles..and i am surrounded by homes and well the only thing i read someplace online i even forget exactly where, but i read that dogs barking and such will cause this reaction, then some where else said something about the weather but its 60 right now in the coop i got an auto heater and a heat lamp so the water doesnt freeze which wont cuz is 60 degrees in there and well i cant think of nothing else....the wife says we should just get another and leave her if she doesnt then whatever we can keep her anyways...

i did read online about certain types of oyster shells..and where they where picked from...i forgot allready something about fuel spillaga in the area of oysters collected but im not sure i dunno...im just going to keep her with the roo if we get some then yes if not then o well..but its just weird..anyways thanks everyone for helping or trying to figure this out for me..thanks

 

[GOSPELSOLDIER]

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lol..too funny well you are another to add 2 the list that says that..my neighbors dont like roosters but they even like him alot..ol he does cock-a-doodle much just like two times every hour til about 10 am then he shuts up ..i love him..lol

 

[speckledhen]

She looks like a New Hampshire hen. No idea why she's not laying, though when mine molt, some of them quit for a couple of months.
Had several hens die from internal laying. One didnt lay for 8 months before she died. hopefully, it isn't something like that.

 

[Granolamom]

How long did you say you've had her? Could she still be adjusting to a new place? I'm asking, because it took mine almost 2 months to adjust (no eggs during that time), and all we did was move them into a new run.

 

[OrpingtonManor]

They are beautiful birds! Do you know if Ana went through a molt?

And then, just to play devil's advocate, since we were asking if they got enough light, could they be getting too much light? I have never given my chickens more than 14 hours, so I don't know if it can affect them. From what I understand, 14 hours is plenty. Someone else might be able to say if 16-18 hours per day is too much.

Meanwhile, I'm glad to know you are just waiting and watching.

 

[cmom]

I am wondering if she is as old as you think. Her comb and wattles look like a pullets to me. Maybe 7 months. I had one girl that was nearly 9 months old before she started laying. She could be a RIR pullet or a NHR pullet. I have RIR's. There are many pictures on my BYC Page.

 

[AngieChick]

She is a pretty little thing. I thought she looked a bit younger than 7 months as well. Is this possible?

My EE girls just now started laying at around 8 months old, some just take longer. I agree with your wife, I think you should add a couple of friends for them and let her be. She will most likely eventually start laying. You will need to quarantine any new birds for a month before adding them to your pair to avoid introducing disease.