Solitary chicken - need advice

[Snowy]

What are your araucanas like? Fizz started laying on 25th February and laid reasonably consistently (1 every other day) until a few weeks ago when she stopped and started acting strangely. I wasn't sure whether she was broody or had a stuck egg so gave her the heat treatment to her belly. She promptly laid one egg followed by another 2 days later. But now nothing for 6 days. And she's acting quite normally. A grand total of 29 eggs.

 

Are yours like this? I know they will not lay like the hybrids (and I wouldn't want her too) but please reassure me that I will get at least a few more eggs out of her this year!

 

By the way, Bella the gold campine has laid an egg a day ever since she started And has laid more than my gingernut over the same time

[Sheilaz]

I'm not much help here, except just wondered if they freerange Snowy? Sometimes I've thought that mine were off lay & then found yet another new garden nest.

If they're always in the run, that was no help at all, & I don't have an araucana, much as I'd love one.

[Aunty e]

Mine often has long breaks to moult. sometimes it's not that obvious because of the hooded feathers, you might want to take a look at her.

[Tara.F]

haven't had an egg off mine for a fortnight

 

Madame Bloolay has only laid one or two eggs a week since we got her but when our wyandott got broody, Bloo came out in sympathy

 

she's a very happy little hen though.....charges about like roadrunner making delightful 'peep peep' noises. She's eating and drinking and being generally chickeny so I'm not too worried.

 

should I be?

[buffie]

I've got an araucan a cross and she has made nests in the garden, also one nest I found was on the bank next to our house outside the garden, she had popped out daily and I found 6 egs neatly stock piled!

 

if you watch her you may see her pop off or look for well covered areas she might choose.

 

Good luck

 

BBx

[The Dogmother]

I've got an araucana cross too, and she's a devil for 'laying away' . She's a great layer, depsite being 2.5 years old now and in her third laying season. Check your garden

[JellyB]

I've got an araucana/sussex cross - I re-homed her last August and she was already about 2 years old. I've had an egg from her almost every day, apart from over the winter but still had one or 2 a week. She's back laying almost every day now, lovely pale blue eggs

[Snowy]

Thanks everyone, reassuring as usual! . Hopefully she is just having a break! They do freerange and I've combed the garden looking for nests but none so far (I've checked all her 'regular' spots ). She's quite happy in herself - sounds just like your description Tara Just good to know that others are similar.