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  1. aart

    Ex-broody hen not laying eggs 4 MONTHS after hatching

    Oh, that stinks!! The fake eggs are not to stimulate laying, just show them a safe place to lay...or brood. You may just have a perpetual broody. Wonders what she'll do once her offspring start to lay.
  2. aart

    Ex-broody hen not laying eggs 4 MONTHS after hatching

    Ah, well, I thought maybe she was laying out in a free range area. You might just have to wait and see. I was going to suggest an exam: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/who-is-laying-and-who-is-not-butt-check.73309/ Then maybe: Free range birds sometimes need to be 'trained'(or...
  3. aart

    Ex-broody hen not laying eggs 4 MONTHS after hatching

    Could be the decreasing day length, could be the fact that she's still 'brooding' the 'chicks', could be a combo. I'd have blocked them from sleeping in the nests long ago, like by the time the chicks were about 6wks old. Do you have other chickens? Do they free range?
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