My Amaracanas hatched out the end of April 2009. When should the hens start
laying eggs? I have been anxiously waiting to find eggs but they don't seem to
be doing anything. The little cochin hen already started laying us about 24
eggs already but suddenly stopped laying. I am wondering if the 3 Guinea Fowl
that we have are stressing the hens? When I open their pen in the mornings and
the 14 of them come out the 3 guineas will run around like bowling balls and the
chickens are the pens. They will run them over and keep going. Could this be
stressing my girls out so much that they do not wish to lay eggs?

I have nesting boxes with straw in the coop ready to go. They are free range
birds and I have looked everywhere but do not find their nests and all 14 coop
back in at night time. At any given time I can go out and find all 14 running
around the yard.

Any help in this mystery would surly be appreciated

Sara
Washington state
highs in the low 70's and lows in the 40's.