No Eggs!!!

[Friendly_Lurker]

My birds are just finishing up their molt, and they're not laying any eggs at all. Usually I'll get a few every day, even during the winter, as I have 20-30 laying hens. The ducks aren't laying either. The guinea birds may be laying behind a coop. They're also eating about twice as much as usual. I set traps, but haven't caught anything. They seem healthy and happy. Any ideas?

 

[AltonaAcres]

Same...................................

 

[Hei 20]

My birds are just finishing up their molt, and they're not laying any eggs at all. Usually I'll get a few every day, even during the winter, as I have 20-30 laying hens. The ducks aren't laying either. The guinea birds may be laying behind a coop. They're also eating about twice as much as usual. I set traps, but haven't caught anything. They seem healthy and happy. Any ideas?

 

[CluckerFamily]

When my flock finishes molting, they won’t start laying again until spring.

 

[Mrs. K]

Late January.... Are they all the same age? Cause generally only the pullets lay through the dark days of winter.

 

[Pghelp]

My young 7 month olds are laying but my old girls who have just finished moult aren't producing much. Our RIR at 3 1/2 years hasn't laid an egg since late July and our Easter egger who is usually reliable is only laying 1 or 2 a week when she's in the mood. We've had bad air and extreme heat along with the Northern California fires so maybe just a bad year?

 

[Sycamore Hill Chicks]

It's probably just the molt.

 

[aart]

Late January.... Are they all the same age? Cause generally only the pullets lay through the dark days of winter.

Ditto Dat!

 

[Friendly_Lurker]

Mine are all different ages. They’ve never just completely stopped before. Some are young pullets, my oldest is five going on six. They’ve never eaten this much before, either. Thank you all for your responses!

 

[Friendly_Lurker]

Caught a possum!