What's up? Chickens quit laying.

[amcconnell]

I have 15 hens. (6 a year old, 1 - 9 months old, 2 - 6 months old, and 6 older hens). My younger hens were laying on a regular basis and my older hens laying 2 to 3 times a week. I was getting about 9 eggs a day regularly up until about 2 to 4 weeks ago. Now I'm only getting 3 every other day. I let mine free range so I've kept them put up in case they were laying somewhere else but that's not it. I worm them regularly and I just wormed them with Ivermectin and I've treated them for external parasites also. They have been roosting fairly early at about 7:00pm, so I put a light in the coop the last 4 nights and turn it off around 10:00pm hoping that this might kick the egg laying in. This has never happened before in the years I've had chickens. Any suggestions?????

 

[chickens68]

all off our chickens do not really lay fast.why do my chickens lay slow. is it because thy are chickens .your chicken on your thing looks just like one off mine .well it is not really mine.

 

[4chickchicks]

My four girls have quit laying as well. We live in Florida. I have added high protein organic dry kitten food to their diet. Today I made plain gelatin added high protein plain yogurt grapes and cat food. Before I give it to them I am going to add meal worms. I was afraid they would dissolve if I added them before the gelatin set.