Still no egg's

[grinz]

I appreciate the input on my hen, brooding. She is up and about for the last 24 hour's. Still no egg's. She is eating, scratching about and seemingly normal. Being a new chicken person with one full grown hen and 6 ten week old chicks that have not been introduced into her area yet, I am stumped. Any additional input is very welcome. Thank you one and all.

 

[Mrs MIA]

Hens don't actually lay eggs while they're broody... just up until then. So, if you've been collecting the eggs she laid, then you were, in a sense, taking away her brood. But, if she's not sitting anymore, and up and running around like normal, then she may not be broody anymore. Sorry...

 

[spankyway]

One o fmy Cochins is setting a lot but in the pen I have eleven other chickens of various ages. Will having all these chickens in one pen together affect the on e Cochin's laying ability? Plus my little girls love to go in and play with them. Help me figure out how I can make this Cochin lay again, I know she can do it, she already has once. What should I look for in her activity?