Hens stopped laying

[Guest joshdonlan]

This is a post by a friend on another site. Im just wondering is there anyone out there who has any ideas about this  :-/

 

i have had 4 hens stopped laying last year for some reason 1 which is 7 years old i may understand as i got her back from a friend + he may have hammered her i dont know .

the other 3 are 2 - 4 year olds + 1- 5 year old which have never left my loft .so i know they have not been hammered though i have bred a few off them all. i can understand if they were all old birds or i had hammered them over the years but i havnt .i still have a few 10 year old hens still laying .any ideas of the problem would be appreciate.

 

Thanks  

[Guest bigda]

could the have been  treated for illnesses,  and  being  getting  over dosed,  and made sterile

try in the warmer weather  pluck feathers around vent and cut 1/2" of the driving cocks tail

[Guest joshdonlan]

its not they the eggs are empty, they are not laying at all. All his other birds are  :-/

[Guest bigda]

strange loft put them off  cold weather,  or they are ill   loads of things to put them  of   from laying,  getting chased, out there box  try splitting them for a few days