ubereglu Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 I'm getting no eggs! Muddles has now started moulting and there are feathers everywhere! Starlet is just coming out of her moult and has started to crouch again, so hopefully some more eggs soon... Molly and Spice are still too young to lay eggs. So currently four chickens = no eggs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 (edited) There are loads of threads about this very topic. Time of year and moulting will slow down or stop their laying for a while. Give some extra protein to boost them a bit. Edited December 2, 2007 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I have 12 hens.........4 are pure breeds so don't lay this time of year, 4 are in moult, 2 have only just started & are eratic, 2 are still to come into lay. So this week I have twice had no eggs from 12 hens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted December 2, 2007 Author Share Posted December 2, 2007 Well the big ones have been getting their poultry spice for ages, so they've been getting plenty of protein! Anyway, I'm very pleased to say that Starlet has just come back into lay today, (it was probably the having to buy eggs that made her do it!!!). So this week- one egg to four hens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xChicken04x Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 We are getting 2 eggs per day, 3 if we are lucky. Out of 8 hens, Spice, Uma and Gemma have gone on winter strike (even though they are hybrids.) Clover is still not laying (despite being 35 weeks, and being a hybrid.) And the rest are laying almost daily. I remember in the summer going round to the neighbors house every evening and giving 6 eggs away *sigh* I can't wait till the summer! xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Well the big ones have been getting their poultry spice for ages, so they've been getting plenty of protein! Poultry Spice is a mineral not a protein supplement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted December 2, 2007 Author Share Posted December 2, 2007 Doh! Well they're still getting protein as they always seem to find lots of defenseless bugs to eat!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 We have 12 hens and have never had an egg. Sporty and Ginger are close I reckon. The rest won't lay until Spring as they are pure breeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted December 3, 2007 Author Share Posted December 3, 2007 Aww, sounds like you're in for a long wait then! Let me know when your pure breeds come into lay...I wonder who will lay first-your pure breeds or mine! BTW Starlet laid again today-apparently there was a lot of squarking at lunchtime! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doedoes Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Is it possible for a hen never to lay? One of my hens is more than a year old now and has never laid an egg. She is very nervous and never sits in one place for long...im almost certain she is NOT a male....any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyirons Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 if i had a chicken that didn't lay for a year - i would eat it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Is it possible for a hen never to lay? One of my hens is more than a year old now and has never laid an egg. She is very nervous and never sits in one place for long...im almost certain she is NOT a male....any advice? Are you certain she is not laying somewhere in the garden...under a shrub for example. Someone on the forum once discovered a clutch of about 27 eggs hidden away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...