Pullet Stopped Laying

PoultryQueen29

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8 Years
Sep 26, 2011
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After my black silkie vanished from the coop (probably a predator broke in and took her), my polish/silkie mutt skidded to a stop with her laying. She laid 2 days after it happened and then after that she hasn't laid anything. It's been about 2 1/2 weeks. She used to lay every other day and sometimes skip 2 or 3 days but she's never gone this long. She's a little over 8 months old and has been laying for maybe 2 months. My EE is still laying pretty much every day. Sometimes she'll skip a day and sometimes she'll lay two eggs. What might have caused the stop in laying?
 
The stress of the predator attack has impacted the hen and caused the cessation in egg laying. There is a possibility that the predator is still in the area and she is reacting to that stress. The eggs that she laid after the attack were already in the 'production line'.
 

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