Why are my hens not laying?!?!

[JacinLarkwell]

Where at?

Sage piles, rock piles, wood piles, under ramps, under stairs, behind nest boxes (long story), in broodi mg nests, on hay bales, in trailers, in horse stalls, on the porch, in the middle of a mowed field, even once in an open bag of feed i forgot to cover.

Those are just the places I remember.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I found one in the compost pile this morning. Of course, I have ducks, and they are notoriously stupid. The Cornish cross I have one of whom is laying, isn't much smarter.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I found one in the compost pile this morning. Of course, I have ducks, and they are notoriously stupid. The Cornish cross I have one of whom is laying, isn't much smarter.

I forgot about compost piles. I've had multiple hens that go to the compost to lay (probably because it's warm when you scratch it up)

 

[Owenp_2]

Sage piles, rock piles, wood piles, under ramps, under stairs, behind nest boxes (long story), in broodi mg nests, on hay bales, in trailers, in horse stalls, on the porch, in the middle of a mowed field, even once in an open bag of feed i forgot to cover.

Those are just the places I remember.

WOW! That sounds like some easter egg hunt!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

WOW! That sounds like some easter egg hunt!

I don't eat eggs anymore so I honestly just grab what I find and don't bother with the rest

 

[Owenp_2]

I don't eat eggs anymore so I honestly just grab what I find and don't bother with the rest

Oh okay. What breeds do you have?

 

[aart]

I don't eat eggs anymore so I honestly just grab what I find and don't bother with the rest

What do you do with them?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

What do you do with them?

Some I give to my neighbor, most I hatch or give back to the birds. My naked neck males love the yolks

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Oh okay. What breeds do you have?

Females:
2 Belgian quail d'Anvers, 3 black sumatras, 2 bantam WFBS, 3 naked necks, 1 salmon faverolle, 4 Cornish bantams, 7 Phoenix, 1 calico princess, 2 spizhauben, 1 Cochin bantam, 2 Japanese bantams, 3 mixed
Males:
3 Sumatra, 3 Phoenix, 1 WFBS bantam, 3 Cornish bantams, 2 naked neck bantams, 2 mixed

Granted about half of those males aren't staying after this month

 

[Owenp_2]

Females:
2 Belgian quail d'Anvers, 3 black sumatras, 2 bantam WFBS, 3 naked necks, 1 salmon faverolle, 4 Cornish bantams, 7 Phoenix, 1 calico princess, 2 spizhauben, 1 Cochin bantam, 2 Japanese bantams, 3 mixed
Males:
3 Sumatra, 3 Phoenix, 1 WFBS bantam, 3 Cornish bantams, 2 naked neck bantams, 2 mixed

Granted about half of those males aren't staying after this month

Oh okay, I don't have any of those.