chickychick Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 We've got 3 girls and have just gone from around 18 a week to around 5 a week since last week. The evenings have turned a bit nippy though and the girls are going to bed really early. And I'm worming them at the moment, so maybe they're just conserving their energy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elsietheseriesIII Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Evening All, I have 6 chickens, 3 are now about 1 year old, the other 3 about 2years old. Up until the start of Sept I was geting 6 eggs a day no problem, then boom nothing for weeks. I had a few around the 8th and the 13th and weeks later still nothing... I spotted a possible weasel/stoat yesterday - could they be taking the eggs??? If so, how do I stop them? If not, why have the chooks stopped laying L x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migsy Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Sounds very odd that they all stopped laying at once. Perhaps you are right that they have been taken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Stress will stop hens from laying and stoats and weasels are very frightening indeed for chickens - as they can attack and even kill them. Make sure they cannot get in the run anywhere, and check around for rat activity as that may have encouraged them as they will kill and eat rats also. All the best Sue Dark Brown Eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazza45 Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Hi all, my gorgeous girls have for some reason stopped laying. It first started when I went away in August and a neighbour looked afterthem for us. I think she overdid the treats and at first I put it down to that but now their diet is back to normal but we are getting very few eggs. We have 8 chucks and before we went away we were getting on average 6 a day but now we are getting on average 1 or 2 sometimes none. They all seem happy and healthy and no mites etc. Can anyone give me an idea how to get them through this or if i'm doing something wrong. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Are they pure breeds or hybrids? My pure breeds are winding down now for the winter and I don't expect many more till February. My ex-bats are hybrids and could still lay through the winter. Tricia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazza45 Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Are they pure breeds or hybrids? My pure breeds are winding down now for the winter and I don't expect many more till February. My ex-bats are hybrids and could still lay through the winter. Tricia i know this sounds daft but think they are hybrids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyp Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 I have a mixture of pure breds and hybrids, in total 6 chucks - I get 2 eggs every other day but 3 chucks are moulting, 1 is recovering from severe bullying and has had to be separated and is beginning to pick up and put on weight. The 2 which are laying are pure bred Light Sussex and Copper Black Maran, am hoping they will soon begin again as I am getting withdrawl symtoms! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyp Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 I have a mixture of pure breds and hybrids, in total 6 chucks - I get 2 eggs every other day but 3 chucks are moulting, 1 is recovering from severe bullying and has had to be separated and is beginning to pick up and put on weight. The 2 which are laying are pure bred Light Sussex and Copper Black Maran, am hoping they will soon begin again as I am getting withdrawl symtoms! I have now been able to put my bullyed chick back into the flock. I know they say you should not do this but she was desparate and just called to them the whole time. Saturday I let them all out in the garden and she just fitted right in, when they went to bed she just followed so I left her there - keeping an eye on her of course but now she is laying and seems fine. Sdo yesterday I got 3 eggs - whooooohoooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi-Hi Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Eish, 3 eggs out of 9 chickens. Eish... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallyChook Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 my two orpingtons have completely given up, no eggs for 2 weeks now from either. It's their second winter, but I had hoped/expected I might have had one a week at least. Oh well. Bought six eggs from Tescos today....and felt guilty for only buying free range not farmer's REAL free range ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 dont know what's going on with my lot - from a single day a few weeks back where we had 9 from 10 girls, we are now back to a max of 3 per day.... the move to the new WIR should (fingers crossed) take place at the w/e or early next week, and I am going to use that as the opportunity to powder everyone liberally against any pest under the sun, powerwash the cube after taking it apart completely, and flubenvet them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 My girls are nearly 2 years old and only Charlotte seems to lay an egg every day. Matilda hasn't layed one since I gave them so scrambled egg the other night for supper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinsk Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 My two girls have definitely gone on strike. They came as rescue ex bats in February, have been pretty good over the summer but not had a single egg for 4 weeks now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollie333 Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 1 egg a day, if i'm lucky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sari Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Nothing at all ever yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkysmum Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 One egg on alternate days , if I'm lucky Only my faverolle is laying. Everyone else is either moulting or given up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy chickens! Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Only getting about 3 a day from 11 girls - the ex-bats have lived with me nearly 2 years, so don't expect them to earn their keep anymore, but I was still hoping for a few more than that from the others! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegenealogist Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 I've noticed that my light sussex hybrid is the most predictable, and although she is still laying most days the eggs are getting a few grams smaller. The silver sussex lays four or five days then misses a day. The speckledy is the most erratic but she is also laying most days at the moment. What does happen is that when we have stormy, windy or rainy weather they go off lay. It can be for four or five days during which time I'll get very few eggs. I bought a point of lay cream legbar at the end of August and she hasn't started laying yet. I wonder if they are late developers like the speckledies, and whether I'll have any eggs from her before the spring now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 My ex batts are doing well at the moment, for the last few weeks I'm getting 4 or 5 a day from 6 ladies. Sage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellykelly Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 I'm getting four eggs per day from 20 chickens. Not a happy bunny. I'm just managing to fulfill two egg orders but risk having to buy in my own for the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallyChook Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 all my girls have finished for the winter xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 Two eggs from 3 hens for 3 days now could be the beginning of the end. Should I expect any eggs over the winter? I am a first time chuck mum and this is my first winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickcluck Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 If they are hybrids they will lay over winter, but if they are pure breeds, they have a little rest over the winter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodinparts Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 Today was my first one egg day (from three hybrid girls) since they started laying back in June...Brigid has been off lay since she emerged from the broody cage, but today Barbara, who's usually reliable, followed her in taking a day off. I don't begrudge them, but it will be sad if the teenagers who are chicken sitting for me this week don't get a reasonable clutch of eggs to take home with them - it's part of the pleasure of hen sitting after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
