MadAboutChooks Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Hi got some ex batts about 6 weeks ago and have just intregrated them into the WIR, 1 of the chooks, incidently the one with the redest face and comb and best feathers has not yet laid me an egg, just wondered if anyone else has a chooks that just dosnt lay? I have done all the usual things worming, poultry tonic and they all look a lot healthier than when I got them. Now it gets wierder, quite often she goes into the nest box, sits there for about 40 minuites, does the egg song, but no egg! I am positive that she is not laying. Any ideas? Im not really worried about the egg point of view, I love her to bits and the eggs are just a bonus, but just wondered if this was normal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy ben grace Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Hi not sure how helpful i can be but my 3 exbats arrived about 2 months ago and 1 of them has never stopped laying bless her, while the other has only just started and the 3rd one still hasnt laid. I should think ,though i am not an expert ,they may just be settling in. Funnily enough one of my older chooks did the clucking thing today before she laid an egg! I guess they just need time, especially as you have just introduced them to your original girls they have had alot to deal with bless their little hearts. Hope you get some eggs soon! Ps i love mine too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadAboutChooks Posted April 15, 2011 Author Share Posted April 15, 2011 Thank you Poppyben, I think you may be right! Im happy for her to take her time really, just found it a bit strange. Ex bats are sooo sweet, I am struggling not to intervene with the pecking order, its so tough, I just want to wrap them in cotton wool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 I have an ex batt who from time to time will stop laying (not moulting, just a little break) but will still toddle up to the nest box each day for a little sit down! She seems happy enough, and after a few weeks rest will suddenly start laying eggs again She's done this a few times in the 18 months since I got her. None of the others do this though, it just seems to be a little quirk of hers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy ben grace Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 I know what you mean about the cotton wool thing! I am surprised how tough they are , but then i guess they have had to be given the enviroment they were used to . If i had my way i would have a garden full of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 I got my ex batts three weeks ago today, Annie lays first thing in the morning, in the nest. Agnes lays next to the nest where the bars normally are a little later in the morning than Annie but Agatha goes and sits in the nest but does not lay, I did have one three egg day but I think perhaps one of the two who are laying laid two eggs in the day. If Agatha does not lay it does not worry me as long as she is happy and she seems to be. She has a funny eye, the pupil is teardrop shaped not round, she and Agnes have the least feathers, Annie is quite well feathered. Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
