Jewel, at (I'm guessing) 18 months old has been laying steady for over a year now (didn't record when she started). Then we lost her buddies and she was alone for a month or so and then we got 3 chicks. Chicks are now 24 weeks, 1 pullet and 2 roos, and have been in together since 16 weeks, so that's not new. She slowed down laying from daily to 2 out of 3, then every other, now nothing for the past week. I have moved my chicken tractor so the pole light won't shine in & make the boys crow so early (didn't help, but that's beside the point). I move it every 2 weeks, so this is nothing new. She's lost a few tail feathers, but I haven't seen the boys bothering her, it's more like her attacking them first. I have noticed that the chicks roost on one pole together and she's on another alone. She will chase them off where she wants to be and they go to the other, seems like maybe she doesn't want to be next to them. Both roosts are 4' long, so there's plenty of room for all. I see nothing physically wrong with her except a scratch on one part of her wattle, but it's just a scratch and none of them seem to notice it. The pullet is getting redder daily, so I"m guessing by the end of November she'll start laying. The nest box has not been disturbed at all for this week. Normal pellet food, I let them out by 6:30 am and they go in at dusk, so free range all day. I'm in Alabama, so it's not cold and there are plenty of bugs and things to eat, they get an additional cracker daily as a treat. Any ideas why she's not laying? I can't see any stressors, so I guess I just wait? Or should I be looking for something else? Thanks