saracook31 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 I adopted Beyonce in March from a relative after a fox killed the rest of his chooks. The morning after the attack she laid a soft egg (understandable with the shock!) and the first day I had her she laid another. .. Since then, not a single egg! She is only about 18months old, happy & healthy.. any ideas?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Hi Sara I have moved this to "clinic" for you where you may get some more replies. If you haven't wormed your girls I would recommend a course of wormer to ensure healthy hens, Flubenvet is the wormer of choice on here. With regards to the softies some hens do go through a spell of it sometimes. Cut down on treats and give treats in the afternoon only this will encourage the hens to eat their pellets in the morning which have all the nutrients in them. Do they have access to grit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saracook31 Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 They don't have many treats and when they do its afternoon or evening. They have grit and oyster shell, all my others are laying most days so don't know why she wouldn't! I've also wormed them all as it did cross my mind. Also checked her vent for signs of worms/mites but all looks ok! Mystery! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodcat Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 hey I took a chook in the sortof same situation as you did except i took her in after about two months. She was an exbat but before she laid an egg every day. For the two months before i took her on she laid about 5 eggs in total. However she gradually started to lay again before building up to nearly every day now. How long is it since the attack? Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saracook31 Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 Over 2 months, nearly 3 now i reckon... so has been quite a while! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodcat Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 hey That is quite a while however with Renee what we were getting by this point was softies and very odd shaped ones. So with the fact she had to deal with intros (i'm guessing) it's possible. I have yet to ever understand chickens. You could try her on lifeguard tonic it's expensive but it did help Renee. Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheik Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Related thread: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=44880 /\dam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saracook31 Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 Related thread: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=44880 /\dam WOW it really is a mystery then, Bee goes in and sits on our other chooks eggs too just like these other people described! I don't know!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
