Sad hens???? resulting in not laying???

[mdmdyer4u]

So, I have 2 cinnamon queens roughly a year old, that laid pretty regularly, then I got a roo, (just to hatch some eggs from my own hens), then I decided to get rid of the roo, that was the last day I got eggs! this week will have been 4 weeks! I was told by another that they didn't feel secure now and they would get over it and start laying again, but no such luck yet! I feed layer crumbles mixed with fancy scratch. Will they lay again?
I have 10 youngsters that I feel pretty certain I have 3 roo's in the bunch, I think they should be ready to go in the coop next month, will those roo's make them feel more "secure"?
Any advice is very appreciated!

 

[Mountain Peeps]

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So, I have 2 cinnamon queens roughly a year old, that laid pretty regularly, then I got a roo, (just to hatch some eggs from my own hens), then I decided to get rid of the roo, that was the last day I got eggs! this week will have been 4 weeks! I was told by another that they didn't feel secure now and they would get over it and start laying again, but no such luck yet! I feed layer crumbles mixed with fancy scratch. Will they lay again?
I have 10 youngsters that I feel pretty certain I have 3 roo's in the bunch, I think they should be ready to go in the coop next month, will those roo's make them feel more "secure"?
Any advice is very appreciated!
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My ideas are that they were stressed by having a rooster since they had never had one before and then he left. Also, scratch can cut back on laying, so consider decreasing in that. Make sure they have calcium too.

 

[mdmdyer4u]

They were laying daily with the roo though. 1 of the hens was even laying 2 a day occasionally....rare I hear? Now that hes gone they have stopped.

 

[mdmdyer4u]

Well I found this morning why one wasn't laying!

 

[aart]

Well I found this morning why one wasn't laying!

Why?

Any change can put a hen off her laying.

 

[subhanalah]

Well I found this morning why one wasn't laying!

is she broody and stealing all your eggs?

 

[mdmdyer4u]

sorry....I don't know why my photo didn't post, I found her nest this morning behind the shop, there are 16 eggs in it! but that's just from one chicken. I fear the other is having some issues, she has laid 2 soft shells then nothing but yoke and egg white put her on straight oyster shell still no eggs from the first day I mentioned in my post above.

 

[aart]

sorry....I don't know why my photo didn't post, I found her nest this morning behind the shop, there are 16 eggs in it! but that's just from one chicken. I fear the other is having some issues, she has laid 2 soft shells then nothing but yoke and egg white put her on straight oyster shell still no eggs from the first day I mentioned in my post above.

LOL sneaky hens!