The Poultry Keeper

alyvin · Joined: 14 Jun 2008 Posts: 20

My white leghorn who was at POL in May (was laying about 5 eggs/ week) has not laid a normal egg for 15 days now. She laid a very small egg with no yolk about 12 days ago and when I went to eat the last normal sized egg she laid 15 days ago that had no yolk. She seems happy enough, eating well. She is free ranging but I have looked and can't find an egg. She goes into the nest box each morning for an hour, rearranges her straw into a nest but still no egg! If she was egg bound would she be sick?

kated · Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Posts: 2089 Location: norfolk

Sounds like she's just laid her quota for this batch. Many pure breeds stop laying in August and it's possible she may moult now and of course won't lay until the new feathers are all re-grown. On the other hand she might just be having a break and will start again in a few weeks.

alyvin · Joined: 14 Jun 2008 Posts: 20

Sorry me again just worrying that Ruby is ok. Since the original post she has laid a mini egg with no yolk but today she has laid what I thought was an apricot but was actually an egg yolk. I don't mind her giving me no eggs but I would like to be reassured thats she's ok. She looks fine!

CP · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:10 pm Post subject:

They can have 'hiccups' in the egg laying process at anytime, so to get the odd egg occasionally is quite 'normal' if you see what I mean!
If they consistantly lay strange ones then that may be an indication of other problems. Wink

alyvin · Joined: 14 Jun 2008 Posts: 20

Hi I posted the original post. It's now been nearly 2 months with no eggs (apart from the weird ones when she stopped laying). Ruby seems fine but I'm just a little bit worried because she goes and sits in her nest box for at least an hour every morning but doesn't lay an egg. She is well in herself and eating but I'm just concerned that she obviously wants to lay an egg every morning but doesn't. Do they still go and sit in the nestbox every day when they aren't laying?

Dusty · Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 1042 Location: St. Asaph

Hi i'm by no means an expert with chooks being new to it but some of my girls have often gone into the nest box with a fanfare of clucking and i've anticipated a lovely egg but nope, they amble out hours later leaving the box empty Evil or Very Mad