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Update! My Welsummer finally produced an egg today! So there is hope for those who have had a chicken just start to lay, stop, and then start again nearly 8 months later. Thanks for all the help.

I can’t believe it. I saw her hanging out in the coop, and wondered what she was doing, so I checked the nesting box, and nada. Not like I was expecting anything, right? Looked two hours later, and to my surprise there was a light brown egg with speckles. And I’m thinking who is this from? And...

I have a Welsummer from MyPetChicken, that went into lay at 5 months. Gave me small eggs for 2 weeks and then stopped. Took to vets in June of 2023, who saw nothing wrong. Took X-rays to make sure she wasn’t egg bound. Put her on antibiotics to be on the safe side, but still nothing. Got really...

Update: Welsummer still no Eggs. Going on 3 months. After fowl pox, 4 out of six eventually started . The Welsummer and one Easter egger still have no eggs.

Dry pox and although they free range 1/2 late day in a fenced in area, there are no eggs. Their combs are light pink, and they are not squatting.

Update: Still no eggs. It seems like she has recovered from fowl pox, but none of the other 5 girls are laying eggs since fowl pox. Has anyone had their birds stop laying because of fowl pox? And if they did, how long after fowl pox did the chickens start to lay eggs again?

Did they ever start laying again? Mine have fowl pox and are recovering, but no eggs! I can’t find an answer to this question anywhere. How long till they start laying again.

Nope, but now they all have fowl pox, so no one is:)

She only just started to lay so it isn’t molting, so I guess it is a wait and see approach to see if she starts to lay again.

MishMash7 Only have had chickens for a year. But I have a 30 week old Welsummer that started laying at 22 weeks for about two weeks and then stopped. She hasn’t layed an egg in over a month. It has been nasty hot with many 100 degree days. Took to vet because I thought she might be egg bound...

I have a 29 week old Welsummer that started laying at 22 weeks for about two weeks and then stopped. She hasn’t layed an egg in a month. It has been nasty hot with many 100 degree days. Took to vet because I thought she might be egg bound. Took X-ray, no egg. Found a wound under her wing and...

The camera didn't accurately show how blue they became but you get the gist.

So, I have two Prairie Blue Bell Eggers that I got from RK, who gets their chicks from Hoover's. One lays a blue egg but i was bummed to have the other lay a blue-green egg:( So I think on here and on a blog from Silver Homestead that although rare, they can when they first start laying have a...

I can build an open tray that will slide across the bottom and one in the back for air flow. I like the plastic and don't want to deal with wood that molds and rots. They are so easy to clean and I love that i can move them around. I have two of the Go Ups, but just ordered 8 chicks and wanted...