Nicole2845
In the Brooder
- Apr 6, 2021
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We have a Barred Rock who is just under 2 years old. Her first year, she laid big, beautiful, brown eggs daily. Last fall we added four new girls. Around that time she stopped laying and then had some soft eggs that broke when she laid them. We had to pull a couple out. She stopped laying for the winter. This spring, she never started again except for a couple of soft eggs here and there. We are baffled! She shouldn't have any stress, she isn't sick, there is just nothing externally wrong. They have a fenced run with lot of room for 6 chickens. There are no predators. She actually goes into the nesting box just about every day and is in there for quite a while but doesn't lay. She is not eggbound. The girls did have mites that we treated them all for a couple of weeks ago, so maybe that is related. I've added calcium to their diet, really done everything I have read you can/should do. Any ideas?