Kanthaka
08-03-2010, 03:57 PM
When my cochin went broody my Delaware also stopped laying. Now that the cochin is no longer broody neither of them seem to be producing any eggs! Both were prolific layers at the beginning of the Summer. I was giving eggs away and still had a dozen in my refrigerator at all times. The Delaware is only a year and the cochin can't be too much more than three. I feed them layer ration and they free range most of the time.
Could the extreme heat have anything to do with it? Summer should be the most prolific laying time, right?
Also (crazy question, I know) can they choose not to lay or delay laying? Sometimes my Delaware goes into her nest box as if to lay but comes out if I am out there or if something else distracts her. She is very active and curious and it seems as though she hates to miss anything that's going on outside the nest box.
Gosh, all these questions. I feel like one of those crazy ladies with the chihuahuas..you know, they dress them up and never stop talking about them...I'm always the next in line behind those ladies at the vet's office and they keep asking the vet a million questions about Fluffy.
Thankfully, I'll never be that bad. Well, I have to sign off for now...there's a sale on chicken tutus.
Could the extreme heat have anything to do with it? Summer should be the most prolific laying time, right?
Also (crazy question, I know) can they choose not to lay or delay laying? Sometimes my Delaware goes into her nest box as if to lay but comes out if I am out there or if something else distracts her. She is very active and curious and it seems as though she hates to miss anything that's going on outside the nest box.
Gosh, all these questions. I feel like one of those crazy ladies with the chihuahuas..you know, they dress them up and never stop talking about them...I'm always the next in line behind those ladies at the vet's office and they keep asking the vet a million questions about Fluffy.
Thankfully, I'll never be that bad. Well, I have to sign off for now...there's a sale on chicken tutus.