Part 2 to
"Thread 'Ex-broody hen not laying eggs 4 MONTHS after hatching'"
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/ex-broody-hen-not-laying-eggs-4-months-after-hatching.1619456/
TLDR; Hasn't layed in 4 months post hatching and her fullgrown children still want to sleep in the nest with her...
Would have blocked them off long ago also but I've been away at uni and am only back for 2wks - and then will be gone again till june. Parents r not the most interested in their welfare. These are the only chickens, I've also only just started letting them out to roam around the yard when I got...
Here is mama hen keeping watch over her GROWN 4 month old babies, who are fully capable of taking care of themselves. She has fully regained her pre-brooding weight for atleast 2 months, and molted after brooding, still no eggs. Am at a loss. They hatched in december and it's now beginning...